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Re:Cosmic Desktop Is Slated to Debut with Pop _OS 24.04 LTS by betaby on Sunday February 18, 2024 @01:47PM (#39421801)
... and yet most of the spam is originated from US IP addresses.
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Re:Cosmic Desktop Is Slated to Debut with Pop _OS 24.04 LTS by gkbrk on Sunday February 18, 2024 @02:08PM (#39422040)
Checking the revenue analytics for my blog.

US visitors made up 66.13% of my revenue, with 14% of spam coming from US IPs.

India made up 0.14% of my revenue, with 5% of spam coming from Indian IPs.

Russia made up 0% of my revenue, with 21% of spam coming from Russian IPs.

I don't do geo-blocking on my website since my spam filter catches pretty much everything these bots are spewing out, but I can certainly see why someone might want to do it. Especially if they're wasting time/money dealing with spam or automated attacks.

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