All bots, scripts and other user agents are free to scrape BlogNomic in an automated fashion.
(This information appears on http://blognomic.com/robots.txt. Admittedly, it isn’t in the right format, but we have to give the bots out there some clue as to if they’re allowed to or not…)
@Wakukee: This is basically just allowing scripts to read messages. robots.txt is meant to tell bots whether they’re allowed to scrape a site or not; for instance, you can use robots.txt not to be listed in Google results. robots.txt seems to be a copy of the Main Page at the moment, so I’m giving Google, and anyone else who wants to scrape BlogNomic, a bit of guidance.
Note that reading BlogNomic != writing to it; no bot would be able to write to it without getting a username, which would require solving the CAPTCHA on the login form and therefore human help. It would probably be violating the rules, too, for a bot to do something like that.
BlogNomic is an online Nomic: a self-modifying game where changing the rules is part of the game. Players make blog posts proposing additions or alterations to the ruleset, discussing and casting votes in the comments: if enough vote in favour, the rules are changed and play continues.
The game has been running since 2003 and resets every month or so. Have a look around the wiki for more information and history. New players are always welcome and can join in the game at any time.
BlogNomic is powered by pMachine ExpressionEngine.
Wakukee:
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No bots!