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> While we do offer unlimited searches to our users, such volume was a clear abuse of our platform, against our terms of use. As such, we removed searching capa
by lopkeny12ko 3y ago
> While we do offer unlimited searches to our users, such volume was a clear abuse of our platform, against our terms of use. As such, we removed searching capability from the offending accounts.
Don't advertise something as unlimited if it's not actually unlimited.
- hackernewds 3y agoconfused how both it is advertised, and against ToS
- karlshea 3y agoUnlimited searches as a real user is not the same thing as running a bot against the service.
- eviks 3y agoReal users can also run a bot for their real use cases, the correct way out is not to mislead
- callalex 3y agoJust advertise it as 10,000 per day if that’s what it actually is. Any sane user will see a number like that and know they don’t have to worry about the limit.
- lopkeny12ko 3y agoWhat difference does it make? So would it be "legitimate use" if I sat at a computer and manually clicked 100 times to do something, while it is "abuse" for me to write a script that automates exactly the same thing? Is it only considered abuse if the action isn't tedious and tiring for me as a user?
- saagarjha 3y agoYes. This is why a buffet that offers you unlimited food requires you to actually eat it, and not just pack it into boxes to take home.
- wiseowise 3y agoDon’t abuse the system.