#tarpits
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #tarpits from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #tarpits
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-14 07:54 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-14 07:54 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #tarpits.
Live pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-14 07:54 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 22 public posts (spanning ~30669 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 17:00
Languages: English (19) · German (2) · French (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.7
Top of the latest posts
Website owners are fighting back: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/ai-haters-build-tarpits-to-trap-and-trick-ai-scrapers-that-ignore-robots-txt/ #News #AI #AntiAI #Tarpits #Scrapers #robotstxt
Be ungovernable. New tarpitting open source software to “capture” AI bots that don’t respect robots.txt restrictions: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/ai-haters-build-tarpits-to-trap-and-trick-ai-scrapers-that-ignore-robots-txt/
#AI haters build #tarpits to trap and trick #AIScrapers that ignore robots.txt Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon. Ashley Belanger – Jan 28, 2025 4:16 P https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/ai-haters-build
What “tarpits” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediatarpits
- nounA lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface.
Tar pits, sometimes referred to as asphalt pits or tar seeps, are large asphalt deposits. They form in the presence of petroleum, which is created when decayed organic matter is subjected to pressure underground. If this crude oil seeps upward via fractures, conduits, or porous sedimentary rock layers, it may pool up at the surface. The lighter components of the crude oil evaporate into the atmosphere, leaving behind a black, sticky asphalt. Tar pits are often excavated because they contain larg
“Tar pit” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#tarpits across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #tarpits straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/tarpits