They know we're going to use them, and they want us to use them! They of course have to cover their asses and also present us with the TOS because they're legally obligated to, which leaves the ball in our court with the decision to proceed solely resting on our shoulders ie. Facebook readily gives marketers the ability to use their API and gives access to all of these metrics/UIDS/etc- they provide us with the tools, lay them out in front of us, then say 'no' 'you can't use them'. You can even have your account banned for suspicious activity if you sign in from a different IP, so it's really a matter of luck.
There is no definitive rule FB seems to abide by, you can take NO precautions and get away with it for years, or, you can try it once and find your accounts banned for suspicious activity. Also heard rumours of legal action being taken, but I could only imagine those were some rather large fish FB was frying, otherwise it's just not worth their time and/or money.Īs for hooowww to use multiple accounts? You can set up virtual servers and run each respective account from a separate server, or run proxies and switch it up between each log-in. I am also considering the "ethical-ness" of this ?ĭon't use your personal account - there have def been many people as of late who got their accounts irreparably banned. Shall we use our own personal account to use a scraper/collector ? or should we create a brand new " fake" account ?