73Reddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visits(techcrunch.com)posted 1 year ago byruffsl@programming.devin reddit@lemmy.mlView comments30 commentssavehidereportSort:HotTopControversialNewOldYou are viewing a single thread.View all comments View context [ +- ]Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz9 points1 year ago*Web crawling has always worked through raw HTTP/HTML parsing, why create site specific API calls that require authentication and are throttled. This excuse is pure bullshit. permalinksavereportparentreply