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Title: I think the Site is being Hammered by AI Bots
Post by: Old Wombat on July 27, 2025, 11:35:21 PM

Hi Mod's,

I keep getting various "busy" messages from the site, like;

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Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

Users Online;

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Not-a-Gallery/i-fGVDCc4/0/MXC9XJLTdgRGZp7VMqD53462Q45MK4FT7h4GxXvPx/S/Picture1%20BtS-S.png)

Title: Re: I think the Site is being Hammered by AI Bots
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 28, 2025, 01:00:12 AM

Yeah, it seemed to be playing up yesterday.  One just had to refresh.  Seams ok today though

Title: Re: I think the Site is being Hammered by AI Bots
Post by: Old Wombat on July 28, 2025, 01:25:55 AM

Yeah, it's dropped off to about 305 Guests, now.

Title: Re: I think the Site is being Hammered by AI Bots
Post by: Old Wombat on July 28, 2025, 01:29:11 AM

And 100, now.

Title: Re: I think the Site is being Hammered by AI Bots
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on July 28, 2025, 05:11:23 AM

Looks like the TEMU Tossers have expanded their efforts from annoying the other forums to now try and flood our little patch of paradise with incredible offers and bargains.  I was wondering why I was getting a blank page upon refreshing and/or clicking on a link recently. 

Title: Re: I think the Site is being Hammered by AI Bots
Post by: Buzzbomb on July 28, 2025, 07:28:12 AM

Bots scraping all the images to go into Wikipedia pages so AI can "assist" folks with Uni assignments.

Title: Re: I think the Site is being Hammered by AI Bots
Post by: perttime on July 28, 2025, 01:27:58 PM

It got pretty bad on whatif. There, it seems much better after a "check that you are human" was put in place. Takes a few seconds, and then everything works.