GitHub is starting to lockdown some of the previously public data

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• gnabgib an hour ago

  Discussions:

  GitHub Has Restricted Access to Star Data (13 points, 9 days ago, 6 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808280

  Ask HN: Is GitHub preparing to go behind a login wall? (57 points, 7 days ago, 41 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821803

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  punkpeye 40 minutes ago

  This did not get enough attention.

  Does anyone know what was the precise date when this change was rolled out?

• ayarseus an hour ago

  I wonder how much of their recent downtime can be attributed to the scrapers and other "automated" traffic they'd be getting these days

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  punkpeye an hour ago

  This data was available via API endpoints, not something that needed scraping.