"... Why is HN opposed to scraping? ..." because code written by N hackers scraping HN has a greater effect on the site, compared to using the reliable HNSear

"... Why is HN opposed to scraping? ..." because code written by N hackers scraping HN has a greater effect on the site, compared to using the reliable HNSearch API ~ http://www.hnsearch.com/api http://www.hnsearch.com/api Ask HN: Does HN have an API and if not what's the etiquette for scraping? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2138730 Ask HN: Is there an API for HN? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1107874