I recently came across an article via Hacker News on Sean Conner’s The Boston Diaries blog titled “Bro, ban me at the IP level if you don’t like me! (August 21, 2025). From the title alone, I had a small hunch as a writing website administrator about what had prompted the article. Would my hunch be correct? I read the first paragraph to find out. For reasons, I’m looking into web activity and so far, the top webbot this month is one identifying itself as “Thinkbot,” which may be r...