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At what point does logging thousand of web response not become scraping? I would call collecting a dataset scraping. It's a legit question, I'm not trying to be
by ParanoidShroom 5y ago
At what point does logging thousand of web response not become scraping?
I would call collecting a dataset scraping.
It's a legit question, I'm not trying to be snarky here.
- Dylan16807 5y agoThe normal meaning of scraping is that you have to be automating bulk access to the site, which isn't happening here. And even under a different definition that would count normal browsing activity, the researchers still aren't doing scraping here. And each user is only collecting a few data points.
- danuker 5y agoYou are right, this is scraping. But I argue it is manual scraping - the data gets transferred even in the case of a regular user, just not saved. As far as I interpret it, only automated scraping is against the ToS: https://www.facebook.com/apps/site_scraping_tos_terms.php https://www.facebook.com/apps/site_scraping_tos_terms.php > You may not access or collect data from our Products using automated means (without our prior permission) or attempt to access data you do not have permission to access. https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/update https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/update