![]() ![]() But if I add another nearby zone then remove said zone after it has updated, all of a sudden there will be 3 or four batches that weren't shown to me before, but after a few seconds it seems to update (and realize which shopper I am) and then they are gone again. I've noticed if I manually pull down the screen to refresh it doesn't seem to do much. Video games have run into deals where the most ocd players can actually resemble bots under certain search criteria. apparently someone also started monetizing it more broadly too, based on stories of ninjashopper etc. I absolute wished I had the skill set to set up a script to do exactly what we are discussing with these bots then, and I assume someone did pretty quickly for their own use at that time. when OD started batches appeared automatically and I did just sit and stare at my phone, and became quite fast. Now are some humans swiping refresh ever 2 seconds for 15 minutes straight? I hate to say maybe, but maybe. IC can run a query and ID accounts doing this very quickly. I also think the time from query to accept batch should be short enough that it raises flags by itself. it has to be pretty fast and non-stop when off-batch. I have actually wondered just how often bots poll the server to refresh batch data along these same lines. The bot would have a much harder time reading a picture than plaintext. You might be able to get around it with encryption of the batch data on the client side (to basically confuse the bot) or, what they might be able to do is actually make the batches little images with all the pertinent info. ![]() With the current first come first served model, any app that could jump in and parse the JSON and basically swipe for the shopper would still be possible and still offer an advantage. ![]() All the shopper would have to do is be paying attention to their phone and once their bot accepts a batch, give it the captcha/face.Īll that could fix this problem would be to meter out the batches differently from instacarts end, perhaps Like doordash does where it knows you are the closest driver for this order and sends it to you first. ![]() If this is how it works, then even a captcha or facial recognition feature probably wouldn’t help. What might be occurring is that the company who wrote the bot is simply charging for use of their software. I’m not aware of a way to transfer a batch from one user to another. Unless they had access to The Instacart servers themselves, it doesn’t make sense that there would be a way to harvest and then resell batches like I hear mentioned. Now, are we proposing that the bot parses the Json, applies certain filters, then sends acceptance messages back to instacart servers as if the user had swiped it by hand?įrom a technical standpoint, this seems to be the only way this could actually work. It’s also most likely sent in a Json document back to the client which The client then displays in a visually appealing format, which explains the uniform look of all of the batches on the screen. To me it looks like the batches would be a simple pub/sub Kind of deal where the clients (shopper app) check in with the server for the most recent Information, and then retrieve it from the server to display on the users screen. I’ve heard a couple theories such as cloning phones, and grabbing batches instantly on the app. Anyway, I see a lot of talk about these bots on here and I’m trying to figure out how exactly people are proposing that this works. Hi I’m a programmer and database engineer but I like doing Instacart because of the freedom it offers. ![]()
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