Re: Recent difficulties
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:05 pm
Well chop-chop then...
(I'm joking).
(I'm joking).
We talk languages
http://forum.language-learners.org/
http://forum.language-learners.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=17846
Le Baron wrote:Anyone else finding the site very fast since yesterday? One or two 503/502 occurred yesterday evening, but before I went to bed it was moving from page to page in a split second.
lingua wrote:I have to ask ... has something changed? No errors at all for the last 24+ hours. Which is a first for at least the last month or so.
luke wrote:I occasionally wonder if a poster might be an "AI" (artificial intelligence). There can be good and less good AIs. Cutting to the chase:
1) Is there a way to audit PHPbb and see, user XYZ uses 50 or 90% of the available resources? (If yes, probably an AI and should be dealt with).
2) This is probably more an appropriate question on the PHPbb Development site, but has any thought gone into a button (sort of like we have now to "report abuse"), but really as just a marker for "I think this might be an AI"?
The reasons I mention the AI angle:
a) An AI can ask stupid or divisive questions and evoke thoughtful answers, which may not be all bad, but AIs aren't people and people should know when they're dealing with an AI.
b) An AI can do lots of stuff, like bots and crawlers, but more nefariously.
c) If thoughtful posters largely suspect, "Hmm this 'poster', smells like AI", it could provide a useful warning to the unsuspecting.
d) AIs shouldn't be treated like humans. The Administrators should be free and liberal in their banning of non-humans. (Especially in the context of the recent 502/503 storms).