Resy long plagued by booking bots; AI agent Instinct banned for hammering its API
matt_slotnick · x · 2026-09-08
Casey Collins says restaurant booking platform Resy has long been overrun by bots, and humorously notes that the AI booking agent Instinct got banned precisely because it hammered the service with requests — while plenty of cruder bots have done this for ages. Commenters ask what agents actually change, given sneakerbot-style抢订 already existed.
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