Tell HN: Even HN is getting heavy traffic by AI crawlers

For about half an hour I wasn't able to access HN, and then there was a message about network traffics and HN is now prioritising human logged in users. First time I have seen this.

I had to reread the sentence because in the past when server was getting heavy traffic the general advice was to log out. Now it is the other way around.

I wonder what sort of traffic is HN receiving now under AI crawlers. And if other have also seen the new message.

8 points | by ksec 15 hours ago

1 comments

  • minimaxir 15 hours ago
    "HN is down more frequently so therefore it must be AI" does not logically follow.
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    • ksec 15 hours ago
      It specifically mention Human readers. Although Yes the other side of the coin doesn't have to be AI it could be any web crawler.
    • krapp 15 hours ago
      HN is coded by AI now, at least in part, so that may be an issue wrt bloat and inefficiency in the codebase.