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Written by Dan Luu on 2024-11-04 at 21:39

A funny side effect of the crackdown on "AI" scraping is that I keep getting banned from sites for browsing too quickly.

I barely use reddit anymore and I still managed to get IP banned for scraping while I was clicking on posts with no automation (I got an error page basically suggesting I contact reddit if I want a license to their data instead of scraping).

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Written by Vortec Space on 2024-11-04 at 21:41

@danluu The superpowers of mouse and keyboard

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Written by George Dinwiddie on 2024-11-04 at 21:47

@danluu Their other users must be slow readers.

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Written by Fazal Majid on 2024-11-04 at 22:03

@danluu probably because you opened multiple tabs at once in the background

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Written by Jonathan👣🚲 on 2024-11-04 at 22:08

@danluu What kind of usage is that? Opening two dozen background tabs quickly? I may be very prejudiced, having only touched Reddit in passing. Just trying to get a sense of how extreme its policy is.

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Written by Dan Luu on 2024-11-06 at 23:09

@jonathanavt Probably more like 3-15 a few times in a row (and reading them in between opening).

Apparently other people are seeing the same thing, e.g., https://bsky.app/profile/push.cx/post/3la5vkviswx26, https://www.threads.net.

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Written by Cassandrich on 2024-11-04 at 22:19

@danluu It's really bad for folks who need VPNs too. All our connections get classified as "likely scraper". 🤬

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Written by kira :3 on 2024-11-04 at 22:47

@danluu something i did not realize until i went to school and started tutoring is how slow most people use computers, it's wild

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Written by ftg on 2024-11-05 at 00:11

@danluu

GuerillaRF's site has been really annoying with that.

Check a few components and open their datasheets in to tabs?

The third or fourth one will not load and then you get to wait a few hours until it loads again.

How fun to consider their parts.

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Written by David Machaj on 2024-11-05 at 02:12

@danluu

Have you tried self hosting something like redlib on a local device with Docker? That isn’t without its troubles but it does do a better job than the native web site at loading sufficient content without needing to hit the “see all” button constantly.

https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

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