Got Hit by 1k Trump Bots Within an Hour After Launching a Platform
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Our app is a stupid fast 1v1 debate platform judged by AI called Debatable. We built it thinking of dialectic debating, but we were not expecting this. Thanks to AppCheck and Vercel AntiBot Firewall, the platform survived, but hundreds of users and debates had already been created.
It’s a wild first stress test. But how can US survive to this level of debate-contamination?
The launch of Debatable, a 1v1 debate platform, was immediately hit with Trump bots and a DDoS attack, raising concerns about online debate contamination.
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First, what a terrible, small life that someone leads. Second, that someone is very censorious, and the legion of free speech absolutists will be coming for it, I assume.