scottgal
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone care enough about bots to switch social networks?
on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @01:37PM (#48297655)
It sounds like a social network that kind of punishes participation...why would you recommend anyone if it could damage your reputation.
The social contract that's supposed to underly social networks does this anyway; someone who retweets / toots bots gets a bad reputation adn loses followers.
It's just the bots got really good at spoofing the social graph too...an llm can gain reputation by recommending humans just like humans can.
Re:1597 bots blocked in 24h on a standard VPS – is yours protected?
on Friday May 15, 2026 @10:43AM (#48149311)
Very nice, I'm working on something in the same space for HTTP based sites. Freeware bot & automation protection https://github.com/scottgal/stylobot
Re:What Happened to Hetzner Pricing?
on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:57AM (#48106981)
The memory in the servers & energy became more expensive...so to justify keeping them they need to charge more for their use.