GameBoy Workboy

(tcrf.net)

100 points | by tosh 3 hours ago

6 comments

  • Asfand2099 0 minutes ago
    The "you might be a bot" bullet point now explicitly listing ChatGPT is a pretty good snapshot of where the web is in 2026. For years sites optimized for search engine crawlers; now they're increasingly optimizing against AI crawlers. It's a fundamental shift in who site operators see as their largest source of unwanted traffic.
  • dgellow 1 hour ago
    Access seems pretty strict

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    403 Forbidden

    You are unable to access this site.

    Sorry, you are not allowed to access tcrf.net right now.

    If you are using a VPN, try disabling it first. We block many VPNs because of abuse.

    If that does not work, the block may be due to one of the following reasons:

    You are connecting using a network we have blocked. Your connection is still using a VPN or proxy (incl. Apple Private Wi-Fi, CloudFlare relays, etc.) You are a badly-behaving or unwelcome bot (ChatGPT, bingbot, yandex, etc.) You are using a badly-behaving extension (eg. Imagus, etc) that is trying to load every single version of a file in the background If you were able to view pages before, and this error message has suddenly appeared in place of what you were expecting, make sure you are not running any extensions or tools that are attempting to download everything at once. It is possible you were manually blocked, and it might be removed soon. If not, well, sorry.

    If this page always apppeared, there is likely not a lot you can do. If you are using a VPN, turn off your VPN and try again.

    Sorry for the trouble. We have been under a long-running DDoS attack.

    • free_bip 1 hour ago
      That's weird, I can connect just fine over mullvad.
      • MrDrMcCoy 1 hour ago
        I'm on Mullvad and got blocked.
  • ajdude 2 hours ago
  • calmworm 2 hours ago
    Site blocks VPN users.
    • deadbabe 1 hour ago
      This is why you should self host your VPN.
      • retired 1 hour ago
        Does that not defeat the anonymity aspect?
        • DANmode 1 minute ago
          You mean pseudo anonymity, from advertisers mostly?
        • deadbabe 1 hour ago
          VPNs even from big public providers have not been a reliable way to protect anonymity for a while now. Use VPNs for cryptographic security and circumventing region control.
  • dbalatero 1 hour ago
    When I try to share this page on iMessage it unfurls the link as "LLM / AI Standard Test Page" so I guess I won't share it!
    • DANmode 0 minutes ago
      You could just share the text of the link,

      instead of letting your device’s defaults decide who you are,

      and then telling all of us about it.

  • ant6n 1 hour ago
    The linked video seems to provide a much deeper story: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SZcrPM-jDqY&ra=m