borari@sh.itjust.workstoLemmy@lemmy.ml•I'm considering making a reddit to lemmy cross posting toolEnglish
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1 year agoReddit implemented rate limits on page loads to combat the inevitable web scraping
This whole time I was wondering how the API changes made any sense when anyone disgruntled about it could just turn to scraping, putting drastically more load on Reddit’s infrastructure. It makes me feel a bit better that they aren’t that clueless.
I feel like I’ve been specifically called out by the “borderline lethal amounts of adderall” bit, especially since it’s listed for Hackerman.