thethingundone

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by thethingundone 9mo ago
Whatever the forum software Woltlab Burning Board considers a user. If I recall correctly, it tries to build an identifier based on PHP session ids, so most likely simply cookies.
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by thethingundone 9mo ago
I would understand that, but it seems they don’t store the stuff but recollect the same content every hour.
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by thethingundone 9mo ago
The bots are exposing themselves as Google, Bing and Yandex. I can’t verify whether it’s being attributed by IP address or whether the forum trusts their user agent. It could basically be anyone.
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by thethingundone 9mo ago
AFAIK it keeps a user counted as online for 5 or 15 minutes (I think 5). It’s a Woltlab Burning Board. Edit: it’s 15 minutes.
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by thethingundone 9mo ago
Yes, it’s running on a Woltlab Burning Board since forever.
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by thethingundone 9mo ago
I own a forum which currently has 23k online users, all of them bots. The last new post in that forum is from _2019_. Its topic is also very niche. Why are so many bots there? This site should have basically been scraped a million times by
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by thethingundone 10mo ago
That is probably one of the causes. I don’t feel comfortable to put in effort into any _thing_. I probably unlearned that. Finishing small things like cleaning dishes is no problem for me. It gives some sort of gratitude, but most likely no
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by thethingundone 10mo ago
Thanks, will read about this!
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by thethingundone 10mo ago
I definitely lack motivation to do anything at my job, but it’s the same will all private/hobby stuff. IT is probably not it for me anymore, however I have that job situation under control. I wish I could do something else though (not
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by thethingundone 10mo ago
That text is describing my life since 10 years or so. I am in my 30s and lost the capability to do the thing, _any_ thing, with the exception of going out with friends/family/my partner to do social activities. Everything else is