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#1 littleman jack OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue May 22, 2012 9:52 PM

Hello. I hope this isn't a silly question, but why is Facebook listed as a user? Same with Google?At the bottom of the main page, they are always (almost) present. And quite often while I'm reading a thread, it lists Facebook as viewing the topic.

I've noticed this for some time, but became concerned when CPUWIZ mentioned that his browser alerted him that Facebook was trying to run scripts on a page he was viewing on Atari Age.

Thanks for replies and for understanding, since I don't fully understand how this forum works, nor how Facebook is tied to it.

#2 littleman jack OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed May 23, 2012 6:27 PM

Bump.

#3 CPUWIZ OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed May 23, 2012 9:17 PM

They are bots, crawling the entire site, it's called data mining.  They all do it and this is only the beginning.

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Posted Wed May 23, 2012 10:14 PM

I knew they were bots and they scour the internet But when they show up in forums User lists such as here on AA are they approved through software or can they be blocked if the
need ever arose?

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Posted Wed May 23, 2012 10:29 PM

View PostHatNJ, on Wed May 23, 2012 10:14 PM, said:

I knew they were bots and they scour the internet But when they show up in forums User lists such as here on AA are they approved through software or can they be blocked if the
need ever arose?

As far as I know, search engines are blocked from the off topic forums.

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Posted Wed May 23, 2012 11:23 PM

Ahhh ok

#7 Keatah OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed May 23, 2012 11:56 PM

I don't like it. And I don't give a shit about it either. Therefore I don't mind cussing it up at every opportunity. The bastards they are..

#8 Ataritard OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu May 24, 2012 1:08 AM

Facebook is following me!

#9 jaybird3rd ONLINE  

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Posted Thu May 24, 2012 11:59 AM

View PostRandom Terrain, on Wed May 23, 2012 10:29 PM, said:

As far as I know, search engines are blocked from the off topic forums.
I've seen the "Facebook" user in the Off-Topic sub-forums also.

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Posted Thu May 24, 2012 12:09 PM

View Postjaybird3rd, on Thu May 24, 2012 11:59 AM, said:

View PostRandom Terrain, on Wed May 23, 2012 10:29 PM, said:

As far as I know, search engines are blocked from the off topic forums.
I've seen the "Facebook" user in the Off-Topic sub-forums also.

I don't think Facebook is considered to be a search engine. It's our friendly little buddy that spies on us for the government.

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Posted Thu May 24, 2012 12:19 PM

View PostRandom Terrain, on Thu May 24, 2012 12:09 PM, said:

I don't think Facebook is considered to be a search engine. It's our friendly little buddy that spies on us for the government.
No, it isn't a search engine, but it's still discomfiting to know that Facebook is crawling through the forums.

Are we sure it isn't too late to switch over to a Telnet BBS? :lol:

#12 littleman jack OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu May 24, 2012 8:28 PM

Can we block them (Google, Facebook) from having bots active on this site?

Edited by littleman jack, Thu May 24, 2012 8:29 PM.


#13 littleman jack OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat May 26, 2012 10:38 PM

Just noticed Bing/MSN was a user for a few hours yesterday as well, joining Google and Facebook as a bot user.

#14 wood_jl OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Jun 1, 2012 3:54 AM

If they're (Facebook, etc) showing up as users, it means that they are logged in with permission to be here, right?




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