Mastodon Previewer

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Non-Compliant

What is Mastodon Previewer?

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Link Preview fetcher for the Mastodon social media network

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Did you find http.rb/2.2.2 (Mastodon/1.5.1; +https://example-masto-instance.org/) in your logs?

If you've seen http.rb/2.2.2 (Mastodon/1.5.1; +https://example-masto-instance.org/) in your website logs, it indicates that Mastodon Previewer has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.

http.rb/2.2.2 (Mastodon/1.5.1; +https://example-masto-instance.org/)

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Expected Behavior

This bot visits websites for various purposes including content analysis, data collection, or automated tasks. Its behavior may vary depending on its specific function and configuration.

Should I Block Mastodon Previewer?

This bot is marked as non-compliant, which may mean it doesn't respect robots.txt or engages in aggressive crawling behavior. You may want to consider blocking it if it's causing issues for your site.

How Do I Block Mastodon Previewer?

You can block this bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt file. Use Spyglasses analytics to check whether it's actually following your rules.

User Agent Tokens

MastodonShould match instances of this bot

robots.txt

# robots.txt
# This should block Mastodon Previewer

User-agent: Mastodon
Disallow: /

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