3 reasons I don't come here much anymore

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M4DM4X

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1. Lots of bots now commenting.
Obvious replies from chatgpt/LLMs should get their author banned right away, it makes this forum pretty useless.

2. The anti-adblocker popup
This one is a no brainer usually for me. If I have to deactivate my adblocker to get access to a content then I move on.

3. The cloudflare antispam verification taking ages.
It should be set up on a less restrictive mode.
 
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Bruh, after Social Media then private groups - discords, whatsapp etc and now AI search too, you should be happy these forum thinggies still exist at all
 
M4DM4X said:
2. The anti-adblocker popup
This one is a no brainer usually for me. If I have to deactivate my adblocker to get access to a content then I move on.
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I've been getting that popup even with the site whitelisted. The only way I'm able to disable it properly is to use a browser profile with zero addons.
 
Tanaiso said:
Bruh, after Social Media then private groups - discords, whatsapp etc and now AI search too, you should be happy these forum thinggies still exist at all
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Until they are all stuffed with bots mate
 
We have to. We want it live.
 
Rufai said:
That is probably to prevent the bots
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There are ways to set up cloudflare to deal with bots while not blocking every user. Security rules, rate limiting rules, etc, are avail for this.
 
Complaining about bot spam and Cloudflare checks on a forum literally named BlackHatWorld is peak irony. If bypassing a basic adblocker popup is too much work for an "Elite Member," maybe it really is time for you to move on.
 
xxblackxx said:
Complaining about bot spam and Cloudflare checks on a forum literally named BlackHatWorld is peak irony. If bypassing a basic adblocker popup is too much work for an "Elite Member," maybe it really is time for you to move on.
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You might be fun at parties
 
xxblackxx said:
Complaining about bot spam and Cloudflare checks on a forum literally named BlackHatWorld is peak irony. If bypassing a basic adblocker popup is too much work for an "Elite Member," maybe it really is time for you to move on.
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Bypassing Cloudflare is easy for bots too :)
 
We really need people to start building niche forums again. They were popular in the 2000s and then people moved to blogs and now all the niche forums are dead, and tech giants like reddit are eating up all the traffic.

With AEO now, it's more lucrative to run a forum especially if it's focused on a very specific niche. I might have to start a bunch of communities around hyper-niche areas to test out.

That said - there's never been a shortage of bots on BHW or any forum. You learn how to spot low quality posts quickly after a decade or two of being here.
 
Another problem here

It's filled with groups just copying whatever service is posted......... in record time............ making 'quality' harder to identify

all they do is spam sellers with questions and copy it as best they can..
Market it as the same, knowing its not and will just burn the customer and they wont come back to here

I still stick around but i've had a good bit of clients complain about one particular group here and i dont' believe in singling out people but there's def damage being done to the reputation of BHW by that group
 
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