Web Crawler for Social Network User Data Prediction Using Soft Computing Methods
Jose Luis Vieira Sobrinho, Gelson da Cruz, Cássio Dener Noronha Vinhal · International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology · 2019
This paper addresses how elementary data from a public user profile in Instagram can be scraped and loaded into a database without any consent.Furthermore, discusses how soft computing methods such neural networks can be used to determine the popularity of a user's post.Conclusively, raises questions about user's privacy and how tools like this can be used for better or for worse.