ruffsl@programming.dev to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoReddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visitstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11cross-posted to: RedditMigration@kbin.socialtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkReddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visitstechcrunch.comruffsl@programming.dev to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: RedditMigration@kbin.socialtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareHotzillalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoWeb crawling has always worked through raw HTTP/HTML parsing, why create site specific API calls that require authentication and are throttled. This excuse is pure bullshit.
Web crawling has always worked through raw HTTP/HTML parsing, why create site specific API calls that require authentication and are throttled.
This excuse is pure bullshit.