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Squidy53 wrote: ↑January 16th, 2024, 4:41 am

bucketfoot-al wrote: ↑January 16th, 2024, 4:31 am a. Trev said he would open "Forbidden Plastic", and

He hasn't as yet. It is still only available to members.

I actually changed the settings on Sunday.

But as I was checking the stats in the website tools and it looks like there is a very hyperactive bot scraping our website.
I'm working on figuring out what it is, and how to block it.

So it is. Funnily I logged off and tried it again when Vlad mentioned it and I thought it blocked me. I must have been mistaken. Anyhow, thanks very much Trevor.

"Hyperactive bot scraping" -- that sounds painful.

Squidy53 wrote: ↑January 17th, 2024, 2:04 am . . . "Hyperactive bot scraping" -- that sounds painful.

Yeah - you should definitely use soap.

Good luck with the attempted blocking Trev.


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Ah Sh*t!! And here I was hoping we were getting "IN" with the popular crowd ...

tay666 wrote: ↑January 17th, 2024, 1:23 am

Squidy53 wrote: ↑January 16th, 2024, 4:41 am

bucketfoot-al wrote: ↑January 16th, 2024, 4:31 am a. Trev said he would open "Forbidden Plastic", and

He hasn't as yet. It is still only available to members.

I actually changed the settings on Sunday.

But as I was checking the stats in the website tools and it looks like there is a very hyperactive bot scraping our website.
I'm working on figuring out what it is, and how to block it.

Did you have any success in 'taming that Bot'? I note today that the 'spedometer' view ticker of the past 10 days seems to be returning back to normal ...

Yeah, I was worried about the bots ….

Well guys ... the insanity was fun while it lasted ... (wait - whaddaymean its was just me that was 'insane'?!?! ) ... but honestly, I had fun and I hope y'all did too ... I can't imagine a finer "Model Club" of gents to share builds and 'shoot the breeze with' ... ... I do think that posting a link in any FB (or InstaWHATEVER) posts back to the build threads is a good idea and will generate visitors ... just maybe not hundreds of thousands of them, that's all!

Well whaddaya hangin around this thread for - carry on modeling!

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Don't feel bad buddy - none of us knew what the heck was happening - but (as bloody usual) it was the exceptionally analytical brain of Mr. Ylisaari that eventually figured it out.

• • • • PS: Trev - I take it you've already posted me the usual cash bribe?

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Heavy Metal Spike wrote: ↑January 17th, 2024, 11:28 pm .


Don't feel bad buddy - none of us knew what the heck was happening - but (as bloody usual) it was the exceptionally analytical brain of Mr. Ylisaari that eventually figured it out.

• • • • PS: Trev - I take it you've already posted me the usual cash bribe?

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Is there anyway to correct and update the view counts to remove the bot views ?

barad_dur wrote: ↑January 18th, 2024, 4:46 am Is there anyway to correct and update the view counts to remove the bot views ?

I doubt it Joe .... and anyway Trekkriffic's thread is up almost 180K views on the "Sharkhunter" thread ... no recount is gonna overcome that lead ...

*SIGH* ... My Kong thread was creeping up on the #2 position ... now I'll be lucky just to get to 200K views ...

[Isn't it funny how us guys can get competitive about just ... ANYTHING? This is one thing gals don't get about us ... I once almost ran out of gas going down the Grapevine towards L.A. just to see the absolute maximum # of miles I could get out of a tank of gas in my '92 Eagle Talon ... I remember going down from that 10,000 foot mountain range in NEUTRAL with my fingers crossed, hoping to 'glide in' to the first gas station once I was back in civilization before I ran out of gas ... ]

Eagle Talon? Man you sure know how to live!

overspray wrote: ↑January 18th, 2024, 3:11 pm Eagle Talon? Man you sure know how to live!

Those were fun cars .. drove a 1992 'Banzai Blue' Talon til 1997, then had a 1998 Talon with the crazy huge spoiler ('half-ring of Saturn stuck into the rear' - the last year Mitsubishi produced them for Eagle) from 2008-2015 ....Turbo Charged, also 'Banzai Blue' ... hugged the road like it was on a rail ... and man could it FLY! Remember doing 120MPH in the desert with Tumbleweeds flying by so fast I had to slow down ... I'm sure she could have gotten to 200MPH easy ... but I wasn't suicidal ... ... now - we drive a Toyota Sienna hybrid minivan ... and I never want to be in anything smaller ... but it was fun while it lasted ...