> LOL this is not how you deal with "data scraping," this is how you deal with a catastrophic loss of system capacity.
> You limit data scraping by blocking things a human user couldn't do, like access a thousand posts a minute. This is aimed directly at reducing normal activity across the whole system.
> Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for unverified & 400 for new unverified
lolwut. Quoting a post from Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@maxkennerly/110640373859329500
> LOL this is not how you deal with "data scraping," this is how you deal with a catastrophic loss of system capacity.
> You limit data scraping by blocking things a human user couldn't do, like access a thousand posts a minute. This is aimed directly at reducing normal activity across the whole system.