Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Francesco Lodolo @flod@fosstodon.org

4/20/2025, 6:15:08 AM

Public

I have an obscure website/tool used exclusively by Mozilla folks, running on my own VPS.

I'm doing some code updates, given the holidays, so I'm looking at the logs for errors.

The average daily access.log has over 140k lines, which is not normal given the nature of the website.

Unsurprisingly, the list of offenders is a huge WTF.

Open AI: 74109
Babbar: 5439
Alibaba: 3384
Facebook: 2215
PetalBot: 1524
MJ12Bot: 1229
Google: 1159
ahrefs.com: 1047
bytedance.com: 343

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