ruffsl@programming.dev to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoReddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visitstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkReddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visitstechcrunch.comruffsl@programming.dev to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square26linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareHotzilla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 years 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.