DONE Seems like ChatGPT is crawling the MFGG forums

[VinnyVideo]

I'm not sure how I feel about that.

It's possible to block the GPTBot... which might be a good idea.

[ReinlynxPSI]

I second this.

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DESTROY MARIO

[KrystalPhantasm]

I'd say yeah, just go for it honestly; no justification needed since its obvious why its a bit concerning that its crawling here

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[OssieTheOstrich]

Huh, that's odd:



If the blocking the bots would be a good idea then, yeah, I agree with the previous sentiments.

List of projects I eventually plan to finish after the indefinite hiatus is over, assuming I don't abruptly cancel them:

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Mario's Rather Unusual Trilogy (Mario's slightly unusual Boss Rush (Completed), Mario vs. Some Unusual Foes (In development), Mario's VERY Unusual Final Frontier (In development))
Sonic's Foray into Random/Unusual Zones (spin-off of Unusual Trilogy, in development)
Angry Birds Slingshot Frenzy (In development)
Super Mario Flashback: Really Good Edition (In development)
Super Hilda DX (In only conceptual phase)

Yes, I am aware that I have about 6 or so fangame projects currently in development at the same time. And yes, I am also aware that all of this is very ambitious.

+ List of projects I'm helping out with in some small capacity during my hiatus:

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Super Mario Bros Dimensions 2 (as a spriter, only for Mario's sprites)
MFGG Community Fangame Project 3 (as a spriter)
WordGirl ReWired (as a artist)

[VinnyVideo]

@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.

Course clear! You got a card.

[ReinlynxPSI]

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

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DESTROY MARIO

[TonyBalonneViper]

Bots in mfgg? Impossible...