Hello,

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

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      1 month ago

      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.

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        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.

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      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.