littleman jack Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 Bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 They are bots, crawling the entire site, it's called data mining. They all do it and this is only the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HatNJ Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HatNJ Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Ahhh ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataritard Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Facebook is following me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Can we block them (Google, Facebook) from having bots active on this site? Edited May 25, 2012 by littleman jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Just noticed Bing/MSN was a user for a few hours yesterday as well, joining Google and Facebook as a bot user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 If they're (Facebook, etc) showing up as users, it means that they are logged in with permission to be here, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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