I think the bot only detects bad links. They need to build in a check for the correct link in the same comment. This bot is on pretty much every newcommunities post.
robotrash
I installed WordPress just to tinker with: https://robotra.sh
I've been looking at some static page options as well as some FOSS alternatives, just haven't pulled the trigger since I'm not super concerned about it.
Ultimately though my primary domain actually just points to NGINX Proxy Manager which hands off to everything else.
Windows sys admin here, I haven't seen a vbs script in ages. I'm primarily in PowerShell these days.
The answer to everyone looking for a new game is Super Snail, I believe full release is Aug 4th? Enjoy!
I believe I see options in my admin portal that would allow making your instance private. If that doesn't do what you want I wonder if you could populate the whitelist with a phony address which would affectively defederate you from everything.
What if I'm using NGINX Proxy Manager which gives me a GUI for my dumbness?
I wonder if this will be a primary studio or if it will be more contract workers for other dev/publishing companies.
I am listening the to The Wonder Years' full discography and man, they just don't miss for me.
The folks at Jekyll seem to recommend Talkyard:
https://jekyllrb.com/resources/
I'm not super familiar with this as I was just looking into it myself from your post but figured I'd highlight that for ya.
Edit: seems their link is broken so here's a working one:
Seconding Proxmox. I use it both in an enterprise setting and at home on my self-host rig.
Since you didn't specify and I don't know enough about Threads to say with certainty I'll assume you're logged in. At that point that's all that matters. Posting will only associate whatever you say with your account but ultimately your posting isn't exactly what they care about, they can monitor your traffic and usage in a number of other ways, especially if logged in.