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Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me by gabeio on Monday August 25, 2025 @12:10PM (#45015402)
> It's also a page that's never visited by humans.

Never is a strong word. I have definitely visited robots.txt of various websites for a variety of random reasons.

  - remembering the format
  - seeing what they might have tried to "hide"
  - using it like a site's directory
  - testing if the website is working if their main dashboard/index is offline
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Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me by sdenton4 on Monday August 25, 2025 @12:25PM (#45015588)
Are you sure you are human?
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Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me by gspencley on Monday August 25, 2025 @04:08PM (#45018384)
Yes. I have checked many checkboxes that say "Verify You Are a Human" and they have always confirmed that I am.

In fairness, however, my daughters ask me that question all the time and it is possible that the verification checkboxes are lying to me as part of some grand conspiracy to make me think I am a human when I am not.

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Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me by nullc on Monday August 25, 2025 @06:12PM (#45019737)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrLQXR7mKU

--- though I think passing them is more a sign that you're a robot than anything else.

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