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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by andre on Saturday May 19, 2007 @06:28PM (#23296)
it's pretty easy to write a scraper in most languages and customize it as needed. I've done in PHP.
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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by spoonyg on Saturday May 19, 2007 @07:13PM (#23302)
Easy, but really if a site is nice enough to provide a legitimate way for you to get data you should respect that and download it.
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