Would making bots identify themselves stop harmful scraping?
Not necessarily.
A bot can identify itself and still overwhelm a website. Target harmful behavior, not access, urge Lila Bailey & Tess Vartanian in Tech Policy Press.
Read ➡️ https://www.techpolicy.press/breaking-the-open-web-wont-stop-the-bad-bots/
@internetarchive Maybe you should stop supporting them then.