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Leaving aside the thorny question about whether measures should be taken to block scraping tools, it's deeply concerning to me the extent to which services like
by ummonk 5y ago
Leaving aside the thorny question about whether measures should be taken to block scraping tools, it's deeply concerning to me the extent to which services like Facebook and Google are embedded into the social and economic fabric of our world, yet individuals can be unpersoned by having their personal accounts banned over issues like this.
- danuker 5y agoIt is this kind of "scraping for me but not for thee" that turned me off of social networks. They used to make my account discoverable, which was the point of having a social network. Publicizing my experiences. But now they all hide it behind a loginwall. No thanks. I made my own website.