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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    Partially - I've also looked at the server logs and cloudflare logs myself. Yes they can make mistakes. But they are automated bots.
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    I had the logs analysed - bar a handful of humans they are all automated bots hitting whats new. And yes all countries except USA...
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    By the rate - they change IP every 3 to 4 seconds
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    Rules haven't changed and they're in the right order - adding the fake browser rule just meant working out which type of challenge had...
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    Alvin63 reacted to Wildcat Media's post in the thread Crazy amount of guests with Like Like.
    The latest from Cloudflare regarding the mixed-use bots, from today's email...
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    Alvin63 reacted to Wildcat Media's post in the thread Crazy amount of guests with Like Like.
    Honestly, some of these rules I've tried and few have made any difference. But, things seem to be tamed for us about as good as they...
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    Anyway doesn't matter if some countries outside my usual membership get two challenges and I've left everything as is. Main thing is my...
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    Good point! I was thinking more of adblockers and script checkers than doofus's :-) I was just trying to work out if my existing rules...
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    Alvin63 reacted to puterfixer's post in the thread Crazy amount of guests with Like Like.
    You are overthinking these rules and contradicting yourself, creating rules from exceptional cases that undermine the entire principles...
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    So rule orders for Guests not from blocked countries or whitelisted countries in rule 3: Rules 1 and 2 Country block and ASN block 3)...
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    So the rule @Anthony Parsons - I would like to re-enable it and use the non interactive challenge, having looked into it - but have been...
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    Alvin63 reacted to smallwheels's post in the thread Crazy amount of guests with Like Like.
    It is intended to protect the content and rise registration, not to optimize for performance. As soon as robots would open a thread...
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    Well my google rankings are important so I'm not sure about those :-) As for the limited guest viewing - it clearly doesn't stop bots...
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    Alvin63 reacted to smallwheels's post in the thread Crazy amount of guests with Like Like.
    Why wouldn't it? I am using this one by @AndyB: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/first-post-only.5976/ It does the job and...
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    Alvin63 replied to the thread Crazy amount of guests.
    I think @Anthony Parsons was just trying to help me find an alternative to country blocking and it's a good alternative. I'm just...
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