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Related: About this forumDoes DU have more subscribers?
My posts used to get between 200-300 views at best. Now I'm getting between 1000 and 2000 views.
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Does DU have more subscribers? (Original Post)
videohead5
Sep 16
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Most likely bots, and most likely from AI companies scraping the web - which they're destroying.
highplainsdem
Sep 16
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You might want to post about this in Community Help, too, because you're more likely to get a
highplainsdem
Sep 16
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EYESORE 9001
(29,067 posts)1. Bots?

highplainsdem
(58,319 posts)2. Most likely bots, and most likely from AI companies scraping the web - which they're destroying.
I'd like to see all the AI bros responsible for the intellectual property theft in prison. Long sentences, to match their theft of the world's culture and knowledge for their own profit.
highplainsdem
(58,319 posts)3. You might want to post about this in Community Help, too, because you're more likely to get a
response from EarlG there.
But as I said above, the increased traffic is probably from bots sent out by AI companies. Damn them.
dweller
(27,170 posts)4. I just checked
A post of mine that shouldnt have gained much attention , and there is 1600+ views
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Yeh , theyre here
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