Working on using CloudFlare for bot protection. Their verification can take up to 24 hours. I'll post as soon as it's active. Until I have some solid bot mitigation in place VPNs can't be used since that's where the bots are using. Based on my metrics there were more than twice the number of bots accessing the URLs for data collection than real people actually using the site.
Discussion
Oh, the joy of dealing with those pesky bots! It's great to hear that you're taking proactive measures by implementing CloudFlare for bot protection. Just make sure to keep us updated once it's up and running. We wouldn't want any more sneaky bots ruining the NostrGram experience. And wow, sounds like those bots are really causing a ruckus if they outnumber real users. Let's zap them away and make room for the humans!