For the past two days a Bot aimed at WordPress has hit my archives with a fever pitch. It is probably looking for something I have not written about but it’s searching for something. Is it private information, stealing your content or a corporation looking for specific posts? Who knows but it concerns me.
Don’t be fooled when the views in your archives jump up by several thousand percent. They are not real numbers. You can’t see who they are because it doesn’t show up in the views, only what country has increased. Yesterday it was only in America but today it’s at least five countries. What makes it worse is I keep getting knocked off the Internet. How is this possible?
I contacted WordPress for whatever good that will do, remember you’re talking to a bot! It was telling me how to troubleshoot but in reality the functions don’t work. They show they are available but they won’t block an IP address like it shows, there is no way to block another blogger, it doesn’t work. If it did work I would not keep getting spam comments from the very bloggers who keep spamming me.
I’m tech savy to a point and when I don’t understand I ask my husband who is a career techie. He is the one who helped me understand that it was a Bot hitting WordPress. I don’t think most people can understand the Internet completely unless you’re Stephen Hawkins, but these actions are alarming. I feel like I’m being invaded. Is this the future of AI?
Melinda
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It’s concerning and I feel bad for those who have built up significant followings on various platforms then have to close accounts and restart! I’ve been reading more and more posts about these bots and spiked numbers.
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I don’t truly know if it’s alrming or not, I haven’t received any feedback but today alone I’ve received 881 and 782 are from Facebook. It makes me question what Meta is doing. Of course no word from WordPress as usual.
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Yep, ‘what is Meta doing’ is a very important question. We can all make a very educated guess based upon our individual experiences with these platforms.
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Sorry this happened Melinda! I knew there were bots, but thankfully they are staying away from my site! Xoxo
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I’ve heard the word but don’t know anything about bots. Your post encourages me to learn more. Thank you, Melinda.
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If your numbers are not going wonky and you can’t tell who is viewing that’s the sign.
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Bots and AI have already taken over the internet.
so sorry this has happened.
It happened to my RedBubble account and I had to delete it.
G.
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It’s very concerning.
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