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Reputation systems should be based on /abuse/, not on automation. I also ended up on the naughty list for running an archival scraping program. Trying to pre

Reputation systems should be based on /abuse/, not on automation. I also ended up on the naughty list for running an archival scraping program. Trying to preserve part of the Internet is apparently against the rules. It's really a shame because my code honors rate limits, doesn't spam, and is completely docile.

d2wa 4y ago
> Trying to preserve part of the Internet is apparently against the rules. It’s against copyright laws too, unless you get the right holders’ go-ahead first. Some regional differences, but it’s mostly not allowed with a few exceptions for some institutions.