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dude who said bots are fair game....
1. uses a bot
2. doesnt know what hes talking about
1 or the other, or both.
how can something be fair game, when its explicitly against the rules? TF?
Very familiar with bots. Have a firm understanding of what they do. No, I do not own or operate a bot.
Yes, I'm aware they're "against the rules".
But i'm compelled to question whether or not you know exactly how bots work and/or what the retailers are doing about it or lack thereof?
Yes, bots "spam" the web page and in a way, they prevent others from getting in. But it's more of a capacity prespective than anything else. The avantage bots have over all else is their speed. They're programmed to visit a site within micro-seconds. Faster than any human has the ability to hit refresh and visit site. There's certain capacity for how many visitors can be in a page at any given time. Eventually the bots occupy vacancy and thus not allowing for any more room from other user. Now, some human do get in of chance.
BUT here's the kicker folks: These retailers all have the technology to create a surveillance of these bots. Basically works like a vacine. In order for a vaccine to be created, you need to see what the strains look like in-order to reverse engineer a preventative. Same principle works with bots. There's only a handful of them out there, and the lines of codes tend to look the same after awhile. All these retailers have to do is create a system that stops the bots and the problem is solved.
But guess what, boys and girls: They won't do that. Why? Because they don't trust the average consumer to come and sell out. With bots, it's a 100% certainty items will move and sell out.
You guys need to think about things more thoughtfully.