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Does it appear in document lists? Or is knowing the URL the only way in? The "ethical" concern I have is that it encourages behaviour like that shown on hn - w
by ErrantX 17y ago
Does it appear in document lists? Or is knowing the URL the only way in?
The "ethical" concern I have is that it encourages behaviour like that shown on hn - with the scrape link added automatically. There is a distinct difference there compared to people uploading documents themselves (IMO anyway).
Of course if it's stored but not indexed that feels fine.
(thanks for clarifying)
- thacker 17y agoHN is using the "slurp" API we make available at scribd.com/developers. Documents uploaded via the slurping system are marked as private and uploaded to a fixed "slurp" account for which no one (outside of Scribd) has the password.