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videohead5

(2,838 posts)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 08:41 AM Sep 2025

Does DU have more subscribers?

My posts used to get between 200-300 views at best. Now I'm getting between 1000 and 2000 views.

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Does DU have more subscribers? (Original Post) videohead5 Sep 2025 OP
Bots? EYESORE 9001 Sep 2025 #1
Most likely bots, and most likely from AI companies scraping the web - which they're destroying. highplainsdem Sep 2025 #2
You might want to post about this in Community Help, too, because you're more likely to get a highplainsdem Sep 2025 #3
I just checked dweller Sep 2025 #4

highplainsdem

(59,449 posts)
2. Most likely bots, and most likely from AI companies scraping the web - which they're destroying.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 08:49 AM
Sep 2025

I'd like to see all the AI bros responsible for the intellectual property theft in prison. Long sentences, to match their theft of the world's culture and knowledge for their own profit.

highplainsdem

(59,449 posts)
3. You might want to post about this in Community Help, too, because you're more likely to get a
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 09:15 AM
Sep 2025

response from EarlG there.

But as I said above, the increased traffic is probably from bots sent out by AI companies. Damn them.

dweller

(27,699 posts)
4. I just checked
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 09:39 AM
Sep 2025

A post of mine that shouldn’t have gained much attention , and there is 1600+ views
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Yeh , they’re here


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