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Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by Analemma_ on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:15PM (#45066789)
How does an agent help my website not get crushed by traffic load, and how is this proposal any different from the gatekeeping problem to the open web, except even less transparent and accountable because now access is gated by logic inside an impenetrable web of NN weights?

This seems like slogan-based planning with no actual thought put into it.

Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by Gud on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:41PM (#45067154)
Whatever is working against the AI doesn’t have to be an AI agent.
Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by hoppp on Friday August 29, 2025 @02:07PM (#45067462)
So proof of work checks everywhere?
Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by 1gn15 on Friday August 29, 2025 @11:13PM (#45071608)
Sure, as long as it doesn't discriminate against user agents.