Why do I need to prove I'm human to read your blog?

Can't speak specifically for this site, but these days many prove-you're-human tests have been added because of overzealous AI scraping eating server resources unnecessarily and to an unreasonable and excessive degree.

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tyre 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because AI scraping is everywhere and flooding sites with useless traffic. It’s not ideal, but it’s the best people can do atm

	▲	systemtest 13 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"It's not ideal" is an understatement, I have to do stupid captchas for about half my Google searches.
	▲	embedding-shape 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		What kind of blog gets flooded by what, 10/100 req/s at max? Seems somewhere along the line we forgot how to deploy and run infrastructure on the internet, if some basic scrapers manage to down your website.

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systemtest 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Because of enshitification of the internet you now need to solve puzzles before you can access websites. Welcome to 2026.