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> Scrape every active user translates to "Scrape every user" unless you know of some magical way to get list of "active" users. Guess howmany active users the
by njharman 16y ago
> Scrape every active user
translates to "Scrape every user" unless you know of some magical way to get list of "active" users.
Guess howmany active users there are? Guess how many servers you need running to get through those in 1 hour. My guess is something much more than $360,000 worth / yr.
- borism 16y ago> unless you know of some magical way to get list of "active" users look for users who tweeted in last X days? also look for their repliers+buddies, since they too are likely to be active. doesn't seem hugely complicated to me?
- njharman 16y ago> look for users who tweeted in last X days? Requires you to check aka scrape every user to see which ones tweeted in last X days.