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I Bought Friendster for $30k — Here’s What I’m Doing With It (ca98am79.medium.com)
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[–] SineNomen@fedinsfw.app 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There did exist some scrapers but they are fighting to keep those off the site. The first hurdle is that you need an account with a phone number to see anything on there. Makes it easier to ban anyone caught scraping or trying to do other shady shit.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Ah, that does make sense