Comment on [Meta] Lemmy (not PieFed) changed to a Private Instance
otter@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Do you want to give Anubis a try? That has helped our instances avoid the bots
I’ve heard mostly good things about Anubis, but I’ve also heard it can be hard to get it right. I’ve never looked into it so I’m not sure what people are referring to… maybe the balance between blocking lots of bots but still letting humans through?
This Lemmy instance is mostly sticking around for posterity, so hopefully Private Instance cuts down on the B.S. so I don’t have to think about it any further!
I had some challenges setting it up which were mostly related to using load balancing for Lemmy-UI. In general there isn’t much of a problem letting humans through so long as you only apply it to the front end UI not to the API.
We have a rule to allow anyone with a jwt set which means logged in users are not challenged.
Finding an instance that blocks content from logged out users would likely put off new users, but if you’re not looking for new users then requiring login seems like an easy solution to the problem.
I’d have to sit down and figure that all out. It’d be a good skill to have these days.
Hal@piefed.nz 2 weeks ago
Another vote here for anubis! It cut our traffic down by some 75% or so.