Scraping Files

[M48A5]

I have recently read that quite a few members were banned for "scraping files".

 

Would it be possible for someone to explain just what is "scraping files"?

[StormWolf01]

Heyas M48! :)

 

Ummm... this spells it out a lot better than I can.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scraping

But it's summed up by stealing files from say: Here, and then distributing those files without the author's permission on different sites. ;)

[M48A5]

  On 9/27/2022 at 12:11 AM, StormWolf01 said:

Heyas M48! :smile:

 

Ummm... this spells it out a lot better than I can.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scraping

But it's summed up by stealing files from say: Here, and then distributing those files without the author's permission on different sites. :wink:

Thanks for the reply and the information. I understand the reason for the ban now.

 

I think that the ban could have been explained better instead of using an obscure urban slang term.

[0xC0000005]

  On 9/27/2022 at 2:57 AM, M48A5 said:

 

  On 9/27/2022 at 12:11 AM, StormWolf01 said:

Heyas M48! :smile:

 

Ummm... this spells it out a lot better than I can.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scraping

But it's summed up by stealing files from say: Here, and then distributing those files without the author's permission on different sites. :wink:

Thanks for the reply and the information. I understand the reason for the ban now.

 

I think that the ban could have been explained better instead of using an obscure urban slang term.

 

Scraping is the standard technical term for that behavior. Wikipedia has an article on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping

[Pickysaurus]

  On 9/27/2022 at 2:57 AM, M48A5 said:

 

  On 9/27/2022 at 12:11 AM, StormWolf01 said:

Heyas M48! :smile:

 

Ummm... this spells it out a lot better than I can.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scraping

But it's summed up by stealing files from say: Here, and then distributing those files without the author's permission on different sites. :wink:

Thanks for the reply and the information. I understand the reason for the ban now.

 

I think that the ban could have been explained better instead of using an obscure urban slang term.

 

 

What phrase would you use to describe it?

[showler]

Is "stealing mods" accurate?

[Pickysaurus]

Not really, they're using the same UI as you or I to get the mods (and have an account registered) but they're generally downloading loads of mods in quick succession most likely from some kind of automated script/tool.

[M48A5]

  On 9/27/2022 at 2:26 PM, Pickysaurus said:

Not really, they're using the same UI as you or I to get the mods (and have an account registered) but they're generally downloading loads of mods in quick succession most likely from some kind of automated script/tool.

You explained it quite well. That is more understandable than just "scraping files".

Just my opinion, but wouldn't it save resources by just listing the user name in a spoiler under one topic?

[Pickysaurus]

The ban threads are automatically generated when we ban a user, so there's no time saved by batching them.