AidaP is scraping Mumsnet threads, and grading them

i would like to think that GDPR would come into play here. This would be an illegal use of data.

I am a transwoman and a woman, not a man.

None of which changes the statement I made on this thread. You are attempting to derail with an ad hominem attack because, well, that's all you and your sort have, really.

Try to stay on topic, hmmm? There's a pet.

I once graded all the toilets on a trip round Europe. Am currently grading all the full English breakfasts within a 20 mile radius of home.

I attach this for those who suggest this scraping is completely legal.

Says the man with a very questionable grasp on reality.

Trivially easy to bypass, I'm afraid.

It's completely legal.

Questionable, perhaps, but not illegal.

I think that's a bit unfair on toasters. I'm sure mine is cleverer than this prick.

I think that he's so impressed by us, he's registered as an examination board and is going to award us GCSEs, A Levels etc in Feminism and Terfery. It's all coursework, no exam and our posts here are what will be assessed. I am looking forward to finding out what I get and if it's better than what I've already got.

No more batshit than his idea that he's a woman.

To be fair, I had a hand-drawn table rating the ponies at my local riding stables on various criteria. When I was 11.

If his understanding of computer science is as good as his understanding of biology, he's probably trying to upload the data to his toaster and use the level how toasted the bread is too grade each thread.

No. There is a wife. But they are as delulu as he is. Or suffering from Stockholm syndrome. Not sure yet

Yes but he’s had a lot of er…… adult material. I’d have thought that would have taken all available hard drive space. Maybe he’s had to splash out on a new one just for us 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That’s a bit ugh, and also very male.

So... I'm a wee bit perplexed

What are the threads being graded for?
Terfery? Transphobia? Hate speech?
Sex realism (a la OnePostWonder)
refusal to validate? ...

And then... when the grades are done, then what? What's he going to do with them? What's the point of this?
I mean just when you thought they couldn't get any more batshit...

What a tremendous waste of time.

Wait - is he scraping and grading all of the threads on MN?
There are rather a lot of them, and they are on very diverse topics - I reckon it'll take up a lot of his time, which is probably a good thing, the devil find work etc etc..

Maybe AidaP and Eden are one and the same? Anyhow, Aston might like the data.

I'm worried that I'm a narcissist – I can't wait to see his assessment of how evil I am.

10/10

Excellent work from the gerbils!

Scrape this Aida:

https://www.mumsnet.com/i/terms-of-use

1. Intellectual property: restrictions on use, mining and scraping
a. This Website and its contents, including all intellectual property rights, are owned or licensed to Mumsnet, all rights reserved. Reproduction of all or any part of the Website in any form is prohibited. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world.

b. ["Mumsnet"] and ["Gransnet"] are [UK registered] trade marks of Mumsnet. You are not permitted to use them without our approval, unless they are part of material you are using as permitted under this clause.

c. No part of the Website may be distributed, scraped or copied for any purpose without express approval and a licence to do so from us or our licensors. If you are interested in copying, licensing or using Mumsnet content for any purpose, then contact us at [email protected].

d. If you print off, copy, download, use, share or repost any part of our Website in breach of these terms, your right to use our Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made (except that you are permitted to print off a copy of these terms).

e. Use of automated systems and AI-related activities

(1) Prohibited uses
You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining, web scraping, or automated data extraction from the Website for the purpose of:
developing, training, fine-tuning or validating artificial intelligence or machine learning systems; or
creating datasets, models, or derivative databases that replicate or compete with the Website’s content.

This includes the use of any robot, bot, spider, scraper or other automated means to systematically access, collect, copy or reproduce substantial portions of the Website.

(2) Permitted indexing and referencing
Notwithstanding the above, standard search engine indexing and retrieval practices are permitted, including:
crawling for the purpose of indexing publicly accessible content;
displaying links to the Website;
showing limited excerpts or snippets of content; and
referencing or citing the Website as a source in search or AI-generated responses,

provided that such use:
does not reproduce substantial portions of content;
does not substitute for accessing the Website directly; and
complies with applicable industry standards (including robots.txt where implemented).

(3) No implied licence for training
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause grants permission to use the Website’s content for training or improving AI systems.

f. The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).

g. This clause will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.

You'd think his IP address could be banned.

Can he at least be banned as a user?