DOS ain't dead

Regarding the news about the users online counter:

> The users online counter in the footer no longer includes guest users,
> 'thanks' to bots, crawlers, and AI scrapers frequently visiting this forum
> and making this number useless.

For what it's worth, our server also recently was changed
to require a sign-in for the hgweb due to bot activity. More details at https://pushbx.org/ecm/dokuwiki/blog/pushbx/2025/1...ymous_sign_in_now_required_for_the_hgweb_server

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I'm having the same problem with my PCjr forum. I'm temporarily requiring registration to read posts and blocking large numbers of IP address blocks where the abusive traffic is coming from.

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