# How self-hosted here are dealing with bad crawlers?

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**Created:** [April 10, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-self-hosted-here-are-dealing-with-bad-crawlers/361280 "2025-04-10T16:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![eisammy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eisammy/32/528804_2.png) [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-self-hosted-here-are-dealing-with-bad-crawlers/361280/1 "2025-04-10T16:02:49Z")

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Reading this thread: [Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43476337)

I wonder what it’s like for self-hosted people to deal with crawlers practically doing DDoS non-stop, especially on instances within the Fediverse.

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