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+# Babble
+
+Standalone LLM crawler tarpit binary. Generates an endless stream of deterministic bollocks to be ingested by bots,
+with plenty of links.
+
+## Why?
+
+- Divert and slow down LLM crawler traffic, protecting your main site
+- Potentially poison LLM training data (likely not very effectuve)
+- Collective defence; the more time a scraper spends swallowing babble, the less time it'll spend bulling someone
+else's site
+- Do your bit to protect the public commons from those who would readily see it destroyed for the sake of an investment
+round
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+--pem-dir <directory> | Directory containing `key.pem` and `cert.pem` files, enables TLS support
+--sock <address> | Bind to the given socket. Defaults to 0.0.0.0:3000.
+```
+
+Deploy it in a docker environment. It's probably safe, but no reason to take chances.
+
+If you want to be nice to crawlers that *actually abide by `robots.txt`*, perhaps add an entry to warn search engines
+away from it.
+
+## Usage terms
+
+There are none, other than those implied by dependencies. Use it whenever and wherever you want, and in any way.
+
+## Attribution
+
+Fuck you, Sam Altman.