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My Websites Are Now Effectively Closed to Facebook (Meta) Users

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Facebook began scraping first my social media site, Blue Dwarf, and then the Cheapskate's Guide. Unfortunately, Facebook chose to do so in the sneakiest manner possible by using its "facebookexternalhits" user agent to identify itself.

I approve.

Nice! Way to go; we need more of this!

Power to ya

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