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minus-squareCynicus Rex@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-22 år sidenLies, as in that it’s not really “blocking” but a mere unenforceable request? If you meant something else could you please point it out?
minus-squaredabaldeagul@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 år sidenThat is what they meant, yes. The title promises a block, completely preventing crawlers from accessing the site. That is not what is delivered.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 år sidenIs it a lie or a simplification for beginners?
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 år sidenLie. Or at best, dangerously wrong. Like saying “Crosswalks make cars incapable of harming pedestrians who stay within them.”
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·2 år sidenIt’s better than saying something like “there’s no point in robots.txt because bots can disobey is” though.
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 år sidenMaybe? But it’s not like that’s the only alternative thing to say, lol
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 år sidenIs it, though? I mean, robots.txt is the Do Not Track of the opposite side of the connection.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 år sidenthe word disallow is right there
Lies, as in that it’s not really “blocking” but a mere unenforceable request? If you meant something else could you please point it out?
That is what they meant, yes. The title promises a block, completely preventing crawlers from accessing the site. That is not what is delivered.
Is it a lie or a simplification for beginners?
Lie. Or at best, dangerously wrong. Like saying “Crosswalks make cars incapable of harming pedestrians who stay within them.”
It’s better than saying something like “there’s no point in robots.txt because bots can disobey is” though.
Maybe? But it’s not like that’s the only alternative thing to say, lol
Is it, though?
I mean, robots.txt is the Do Not Track of the opposite side of the connection.
the word disallow is right there