PulseAugur
EN
LIVE 00:50:09

Mastodon user blocks 100% of AI crawlers with new settings

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

A Mastodon user has successfully implemented AI crawl control settings on their domain, blocking 100% of identifiable AI requests in the past 24 hours. The user expressed frustration with the need to constantly update domain rules to deter AI crawlers from accessing their website. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates user-driven methods to control AI data scraping, potentially influencing future AI training data access policies.

RANK_REASON User-generated content discussing AI crawler blocking, not a formal announcement or release.

Read on Mastodon — mastodon.social →

AI-generated summary · Google Gemini · from 2 sources. How we write summaries →

Mastodon user blocks 100% of AI crawlers with new settings

How we ranked this

Signal score
0 / 100
Composite score across the factors below. Higher = stronger signal that this story matters right now.
Newsworthiness bucket
Commentary
User-generated content discussing AI crawler blocking, not a formal announcement or release.
Source corroboration
2 independent sources
Multiple independent publishers reporting the same story raises confidence that it's real and newsworthy.
Topics
other
Editorial topic classification. Feeds into how the story surfaces on /topic/<slug> hub pages and into the per-entity coverage mix.
AI-industry relevance
Standard
On-topic for AI-industry coverage; kept in the public index.
Story freshness
2 days old
Coverage has settled into its steady-state source set.

Full methodology in our editorial standards.

COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I must have finally got my AI crawl control settings right on my domain. In the last 24 hours I managed to block 100% of the identifiable AI requests. I have no

    I must have finally got my AI crawl control settings right on my domain. In the last 24 hours I managed to block 100% of the identifiable AI requests. I have no idea if anything masking its identity got through though, of course. # cloudflare # ai

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Dear # AI crawlers, please bugger off trying to access my website. I'm fed up rewriting my domain rules to block you. You're not making my life easier, but more

    Dear # AI crawlers, please bugger off trying to access my website. I'm fed up rewriting my domain rules to block you. You're not making my life easier, but more difficult. With extreme hatred, David. x

RELATED ENTITIES

RELATED TOPICS