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They've been reluctant to change the markup because of the many scrapers. Hence, the recently released API in preparation. An updated UI is incoming.
by colinbartlett 12y ago
They've been reluctant to change the markup because of the many scrapers. Hence, the recently released API in preparation. An updated UI is incoming.
- andy_ppp 12y agoThe majority get a poorer experience because a few people are scraping? I'm guessing 99% of traffic is from people hitting the site in browsers.
- noblethrasher 12y agoHN has historically subscribed to a form of deontological ethics[1] rather than utilitarianism. [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/duty_1.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/duty_1.shtml (I happen to agree with HN’s ethical posisition, but I invite you to look at the section “Bad points of duty-based ethics” in the link).
- andy_ppp 12y agoYou are assuming the rule "Never change the source code unless you have to" is a deontological imperative. It's not really is it? It's just something you believe and are justifying with obscure ethical arguments. Thanks for the reading :-D