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Those of us running sites for public information rather than sales cannot make the simple cut-off that you do. And again, none of this is simple. It has taken
by DamonHD 2y ago
Those of us running sites for public information rather than sales cannot make the simple cut-off that you do.
And again, none of this is simple. It has taken me a few weeks to establish a usage mechanism that does catch the worst feed pullers, but it still can hurt legit new users. That is an opportunity cost.
- Joel_Mckay 2y agoOne must assume most user IP edge proxies are compromised hosts. If someone paid for that list they were almost certainly conned, as the black hats regularly publish that content on their forums. These folks want as many users as possible in order to hide their nuisance traffic origin in the traffic noise. Allowing users known to have an active RAT or their "proxy friends" on a commercial site is not helping anyone.... especially the victims. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q Worth studying the problem from time to time when you get bored of the antics. These folks are generally uninterested in positively contributing to any community, but rather show up to cause trouble for fun and profit. User API quotas are popular for a reason. =3