I hate to say it but if this is the case then a human verification is needed WHEN abnormal page visiting patterns (APVP) are detected. Can we check if there is any APVP in the logs around this short time interval mentioned by choroba and others?

I would consider a normal visiting pattern the following: open 5,10 posts from newest nodes (i am sending them to different tabs) on a short burst (e.g. when first landing on newests nodes or RAT). Then inactivity (voting/commenting does not count) while reading or doing other things. I don't think even someone who has not logged in for a year would open hundreds of posts in one short burst to read them all in a ... few days. Perhaps we could be allowed to read only 10 posts/day from the distant past. Of course this entails a cookie for anyone visiting not only for those logged in. Or keeping a track of what each IP (not user) does what and how often. thinking out loud.

In reply to Re^3: Unable to connect by bliako
in thread Unable to connect by choroba

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