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And yet it isn't. edit: the spirit of the rule is to grant Twitter control over when to apply the rule. Is that what you meant? Is [F5] + [CTRL+S](for save) a

• jacquesm 10y ago
  It is. Automated means: without human intervention. So anything that accesses more than one URL without human intervention would violate the TOS. I'm quite amazed that this would have to be spelled out. If you're going to break someone's TOS then at least be aware of it. That helps later on when you have to face the consequences. Just like I'd like to know when I'm speeding, rather than to pretend to be ignorant of the limit. That way I'd know my exposure.
  • ominous 10y ago
    It is like you are happy with how soon you truncate "intervention". Let me know when you find a non human "[F5] + [CTRL+S]". Or link me to the alien crawlers you seem to imply. Are there amazon instances of crawlers owned by non-human entities? Do you consider the "death by bullet" to be caused by humans? By the transfer of momentum of lead? By gunpowder combustion? By human fingers pressing triggers? By time? It time killing humans? Oh no. How long must the causal chain be for you to consider it non human? > [F5] + [CTRL+S] > a browser auto-refresh capability > $ watch wget > getpocket.com > an IFTTT recipe > A crawler I can put all of these in motion. I can also write a macro that triggers them. Is there a difference? Twitter seems to want to be the arbiter of it (if it makes a difference). That is the only spirit of the law: We reserve the right to consider your actions wrong.