It's turned into a bizarre place. Today I asked the same question on /r/meta and my question was immediately removed without explanation. I tried to message the mods and got bounced with a "you cannot send a message to that user"
Circa 2009 or so I was interested in automated link building systems, there were some sites that had no defenses, but I saw enough going on around Reddit that I just didn't want to mess with it.
My guess is they see correlation between patterns of automated access and problematic behaviors.
In other words, the current state is the result of hard won experience not syllogistic reasoning.
I guess it's Reddit saying we don’t want just any bot crawling around, but if you need the data in a simple format, here’s an easy way to get it.
I just want to know why Reddit keeps banning people for no good reason,while letting bots roam free.
It's turned into a bizarre place. Today I asked the same question on /r/meta and my question was immediately removed without explanation. I tried to message the mods and got bounced with a "you cannot send a message to that user"
It was much better years ago.
Circa 2009 or so I was interested in automated link building systems, there were some sites that had no defenses, but I saw enough going on around Reddit that I just didn't want to mess with it.