ruffsl@programming.dev to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoReddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visitstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkReddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visitstechcrunch.comruffsl@programming.dev to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square23linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareHotzilla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 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.