Post #2881847
2026-04-29 18:58 UTC
@bhhaskin@social.bitsofsimplicity.com @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us This might be one benefit of me going cheap with my hosting plan. It tends to use throttling when there are too many requests.
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@bhhaskin@social.bitsofsimplicity.com 2026-04-29 19:01
@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us yes and no. The issue is it also slows down legitimate traffic, and you can take an SEO hit for having a slow site. Those bot checks prevent legitimate traffic from the effects and saves on resources.