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I just took a look at the startup they mention, flowtown. By all appearances they're just scraping data from all the social networks, canonicalizing it based o
by showerst 17y ago
I just took a look at the startup they mention, flowtown.
By all appearances they're just scraping data from all the social networks, canonicalizing it based on email, and aggregating it.
Is there any possible way to do this without violating the services TOS's?
- greenlblue 17y agoSocial graphs have been around since the time there have been social animals. It's just now there is a technology to make it more explicit and exploit it for profit.
- staunch 17y agohttp://blog.cubeofm.com/how-to-convert-email-addresses-into-name-age http://blog.cubeofm.com/how-to-convert-email-addresses-into-... maxklein exposed the primary technique these guys are most likely using. It's definitely a TOS violation.