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For me at least, for months now, this instance is unavailable for multiple hours a day. Given the recent posts about the lemmy eco system being on a slight downwards trend, I don't think this additional load is caused by more users using this instance. Rather, I think that AI scrapers are using this instance to scrape lemmy. If I am correct, though only someone with access to the logs can check, I'd like to kindly ask for some sort of protection from AI scrapers. Both because I like being able to actually browse the instance and because I hate AI companies.

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[โ€“] TheDude@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hey all,

I am very well aware of the slowness and timeouts that people are experiencing. I'm working on getting a few upgrade put into place to bring things back to where they need to be. Thanks for the patience!