Generally I'm in favor of a completely open and free internet, where people publish and consume in whatever way and amount they wish. That's kindof the ideal, right?
And then I tail -f the access.log of my (tiny, useless) blog and am astounded at the bizarre things showing up on there. Occasionally I'll block an IP if they're blowing me up. Usually I only notice when that machine has higher-than-normal CPU usage. In that situation, I guess I'm a hypocrite and do not want absolutely anyone to consume what I've published however they like.
My fairly secure Firefox setup does frequently go into cloudflare jail for, I guess, being a bit too shady looking? That's very frustrating and I guess the mechanized warfare equivalent of me blocking some bot for nuking my celeron server?
Anyway, I've been frustrated on both sides of this and morally land on the free-and-open side. But there's enough complexity to the situation that there can't be one policy that covers all eventualities.
IDK - it's a messy issue. I'm going to keep blocking stuff in my browser until it's no longer practical to do so. And I'll keep blocking abusive bots from my personal site when I get bored and find them there.
Generally I'm in favor of a completely open and free internet, where people publish and consume in whatever way and amount they wish. That's kindof the ideal, right?
And then I tail -f the access.log of my (tiny, useless) blog and am astounded at the bizarre things showing up on there. Occasionally I'll block an IP if they're blowing me up. Usually I only notice when that machine has higher-than-normal CPU usage. In that situation, I guess I'm a hypocrite and do not want absolutely anyone to consume what I've published however they like.
My fairly secure Firefox setup does frequently go into cloudflare jail for, I guess, being a bit too shady looking? That's very frustrating and I guess the mechanized warfare equivalent of me blocking some bot for nuking my celeron server?
Anyway, I've been frustrated on both sides of this and morally land on the free-and-open side. But there's enough complexity to the situation that there can't be one policy that covers all eventualities.
IDK - it's a messy issue. I'm going to keep blocking stuff in my browser until it's no longer practical to do so. And I'll keep blocking abusive bots from my personal site when I get bored and find them there.