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It's due to the server not being able to keep up with increasing traffic from AI bots. All forums are easy targets for these AI bots because they provide years of human-written content, freely available for anyone to to access. These bots are from multiple companies, some of which are probably a bit sketchy, all scraping hundreds of pages a minute, hoping to help build their massive databases. It seems most forums on the internet have been hit like this in the last year, some ready to deal with it more than others.
I recently made this account because I saw the issue and I'm worried it's going to eventually break this website permanently if it's not addressed, which would be a tragedy considering the history in the place. I can help if an admin could contact me. I'm not sure if Ron himself is active here anymore?
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