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Good luck, I'm sorry for all of this speculation and people attacking your solution instead of suggesting concrete improvements to help fight the problem.

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Thanks. It means a lot. Today has not been a good day for me. It will be fixed. Things will get better, but this has to rank up there in terms of the worst ways to find out about security issues. It sucks lol.

I saw you touching grass, so I hope that's at least helping you get through the day <3

You are doing a tremendous job, and we are really thankful for the great work you've done. Personal matters come first though imho. Take care <3

I'll double down on what veqq said; Thoes that can, do. Those who have no idea where to start complain on internet threads.

There will always be bots, they were here before anubis, they'll be there long after you block them again. Take care of yourself first. There's no need to make a bad day worse trying to sprint down a marathon.

Is it a security issue? I thought it was just the crawlers spending the energy in solving the challenges?

As an SRE, if there's any possible ambiguity as to if an issue is a security issue, treat it as one until proven otherwise.

Please don't feel bad. There will be always a horde of noisy people who can't do anything but complain. Some of them don't know better, some of them just want to see the world burn.

You're doing a tremendous job. On a personal note, I'm not angry or anything, it's just the nature of the process. No hard feelings here. I root for you.

Hope everything goes way better and way sooner than you ever imagined. Good luck & godspeed!

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