Can’t edit the post (Thanks Cloudflare! /s) but additional info:

• I truncated the log excerpts. The user agent string in the requests is blank
• This is for Lemmy admins only. It might apply to others, but I can’t say since I only have this test Lemmy instance to reference
• My Nginx solution may have room for improvement; I was just trying to block that behavior without breaking comments in posts and move on with my day. Suggestions for improvement are welcome.