-- Halloween creepy crawly fun fact --

Did you know that almost 97% of traffic to opensource projects is from AI scrapers and crawlers ? ^1

So much so that many opensource websites use "proof of work" challenges and waste precious bandwidth to protect themselves ? ^2

It's as unscrupulous as it gets. The evil witch is winning.

--End of halloween story.--

#SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #Unscrupulous #Greed #FOSS #codeberg

^1 https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries/

^2 https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/115435661014427222

Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

AI bots hungry for data are taking down FOSS sites by accident, but humans are fighting back.

Ars Technica