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Seems like ChatGPT is crawling the MFGG forums - VinnyVideo - 11-05-2023
I'm not sure how I feel about that.
It's possible to block the GPTBot... which might be a good idea.
RE: Seems like ChatGPT is crawling the MFGG forums - ReinlynxPSI - 11-05-2023
I second this.
RE: Seems like ChatGPT is crawling the MFGG forums - KrystalPhantasm - 11-05-2023
I'd say yeah, just go for it honestly; no justification needed since its obvious why its a bit concerning that its crawling here
RE: Seems like ChatGPT is crawling the MFGG forums - OssieTheOstrich - 11-06-2023
Huh, that's odd:
![[Image: Mdn4y3r.png]](https://i.imgur.com/Mdn4y3r.png)
If the blocking the bots would be a good idea then, yeah, I agree with the previous sentiments.
RE: Seems like ChatGPT is crawling the MFGG forums - VinnyVideo - 11-06-2023
@KrystalPhantasm Yep - there's obviously a bunch of reasons why we might not want ChatGPT constantly crawling MFGG.
@OssieTheOstrich Not all bots/spiders are bad; in fact, the modern Internet would be unusable without some of them. For example, search engines like Google and Bing need to be able to crawl sites regularly so that content can show up in search results. In the case of ChatGPT, the GPTBot crawls various Web sites to build large language models, and I believe most MFGGers wouldn't be too thrilled about their posts being used to build commercial products without their knowledge, consent, or attribution.
I added GPTBot to the blocklist in robots.txt for both the current forums and the phpBB archive. If the GPTBot keeps hanging out, I can play hardball and block it in .htaccess as well.
RE: Seems like ChatGPT is crawling the MFGG forums - ReinlynxPSI - 11-08-2023
On second thought, why don't we let the bot back in but start typing real bad. bc we can maek it dumberer by actung stuped ourselfs
RE: Seems like ChatGPT is crawling the MFGG forums - warioCritic - 11-09-2023
Bots in mfgg? Impossible...