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Just curious: At the bottom where it says who is currently online, I see some names with “[BOT]” next to them. What does that mean?
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Wed Jun 18, 2025 1:12 am
 Just curious: At the bottom where it says who is currently online, I see some names with “[BOT]” next to them. What does that mean?
https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-a-bot/
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000 000101 010202 020303 010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.


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Jasmine wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 18, 2025 1:12 am
Just curious: At the bottom where it says who is currently online, I see some names with “[BOT]” next to them. What does that mean?
Being constantly crawled by bots is one reason our view counts can seem unreasonably high.
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