AI bots are scraping, shutting down, and destroying the forum
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2026 9:02 am
In case anyone's noticed the last several months of the forum going offline with a 509 - Bandwidth Exceeded error:
AI bots have been swarming the site for months - I assume to train on the El Degas info that's been shared here and ingest it into their LLMs. Any increase to the bandwidth (I've done several) has just been instantly gobbled up by these bots.
I've considered simply shuttering the forum. Instead, I am trying some back-end tools to prevent AI bot traffic. I am not sure if it will work.
F*** AI.
AI bots have been swarming the site for months - I assume to train on the El Degas info that's been shared here and ingest it into their LLMs. Any increase to the bandwidth (I've done several) has just been instantly gobbled up by these bots.
I've considered simply shuttering the forum. Instead, I am trying some back-end tools to prevent AI bot traffic. I am not sure if it will work.
F*** AI.