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by data_spy 3516 days ago
Rvest is for webscrapping newbs. A more seasoned R person would still use PhantomJS and RSelenium as it actually collects all the page's information but Rvest only collections a portion of it. Try it on washingtonpost.com and you will see.
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> Rvest is for webscrapping newbs

down voted for calling people newbs. Also it always depends on what tool works best.