Web Scraping Is Vital to Democracy

Post by ThisIsMeEEE » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 3:58 PM UTC

artembugara wrote: post #35

mnmkng wrote: post #20

I think of web scraping as nothing less than automation of human work. There really is no hacking or unauthorized access involved. It's either me, using a browser, to read something publicly accessible on the internet, or it's my computer, which I've programmed to read those things for me, so I can focus on creative work or spend time with friends and family. This applies not only to personal life, but businesses as…

I totally agree with the first part where you say it's fine to scrape. It is just an automation. But you don't mention what you do with this data after. 1. You store it somewhere (not in your brain) 2. You extract value out of it (directly or indirectly) That's why I understand why it is a problem for those who publish this data. One thing I always try to say to everyone who argues about web scraping: web scraping is…