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I just started using this myself, seems pretty great so far!

Clearly doesn't stop all AI crawlers, but a significantly large chunk of them.

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[–] danielquinn 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

It's a rather brilliant idea really, but when you consider the environmental implications of forcing web requests to ensure proof of work to function, this effectively burns a more coal for every site that implements it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I don't think AI companies care, and I wholeheartedly support any and all FOSS projects using PoW when serving their websites. I'd rather have that than have them go down

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