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So which is it? DDOS attack or "AI" scrapers?

• fabian2k 10mo ago
  Sufficiently aggressive and inconsiderate scraping is indistinguishable from a DDOS attack.
  • chrisjj 10mo ago
    No scraper seeks to deny the service it needs. And no responsible site operator unable to distinguish should claim DDOS.
    • antod 10mo ago
      No well behaved scraper at least.
      • chrisjj 10mo ago
        No any scraper seeks.
• Y-bar 10mo ago
  A sufficiently stupid and egregious AI scraper is indistinguishable from a DDOS attack. Edit: Fabian2k was ten seconds ahead. Damn!
• TurdF3rguson 10mo ago
  Scrapers because DDOS implies that it's malicious rather than accidental and there's no reason to think that.
  • chrisjj 10mo ago
    Right, so probably the site should not be claiming "It is a DDOS attack".