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Hello,

I have made Python scripts to scrape Instagram and Threads. I would like some suggestion or criticism :D

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My only question is: why?

Edit: maybe a second question: are you asking for a code review?

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

You know that "anti commercial AI license" shit does nothing, right? It's the equivalent of idiots posting that wall of text on Facebook a decade or so ago saying they don't give Facebook permission to use their pictures, posts...etc.

I mean if it makes you feel better and gives you a sense of control in an otherwise out-of-your-control environment then I suppose go for it, but you're not actually accomplishing anything other than making yourself feel slightly better and more deluded.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It has Soverign Citizen energy lmao

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

It's the equivalent of idiots posting that wall of text on Facebook a decade or so ago saying they don't give Facebook permission to use their pictures, posts...etc.

I think it's quite different. On facebook, you have accepted a ToS telling that facebook now owns that data. Also, that "movement" was against facebook, the platform itself.
Here you haven't accepted a ToS that wants to use your submissions for whatever they please (or did you?), and also, this movement is against outside parties, not the platform provider.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I don't think its been tested in court

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does it need to be logged in?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

only scrape_instagram.py requires login. you need to change 8th line of scrape_instagram.py to log into instagram. however you don't need to log in to scrape Threads.