alt Hacker NewsFor a social network, more information about their users = better ad targeting. It likely gets plumbed into models to inform user profiles.
For a social network, more information about their users = better ad targeting. It likely gets plumbed into models to inform user profiles.
Look at the actual list. It's primarily questionable AI tools, scrapers, lead generation tools, and other plugins in that vein.
I would guess this is for rate limiting and abuse detection.