<story><title>Anyone got a contact at OpenAI. They have a spider problem</title><url>https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2024-April/225407.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Octokiddie</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m more interested in what that content farm is for. It looks pointless, but I suspect there&amp;#x27;s a bizarre economic incentive. There are affiliate links, but how much could that possibly bring in?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throw_a_grenade</author><text>This is honeypot. The author, &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;John_R._Levine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;John_R._Levine&lt;/a&gt;, keeps it just to notice any new (significant) scraping operation launched that will invariably hit his little farm and let be seen in the logs. He&amp;#x27;s well known anti-spam operative with his various efforts now dating back multiple decades.&lt;p&gt;Notice how he casually drops a link to the landing page in the NANOG message. That&amp;#x27;s how the bots will get a bait.</text></comment>
<story><title>Anyone got a contact at OpenAI. They have a spider problem</title><url>https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2024-April/225407.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Octokiddie</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m more interested in what that content farm is for. It looks pointless, but I suspect there&amp;#x27;s a bizarre economic incentive. There are affiliate links, but how much could that possibly bring in?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gtirloni</author><text>It&amp;#x27;d say it&amp;#x27;s more like a honeypot for bots. So pretty similar objectives.</text></comment>