[nealchandra]

I wonder how much of the human side of this process could be automated. Would be cool to see something like this where it automatically sends message to potential sellers, etc -- and you're only notified when there's actually a possible purchase to be made.

[shrig94]

There is a question of at what point is this against the spirit of Burning Man, as the author mentions. Not really sure where to draw that line myself--maybe it's at the point of communicating with other burners?

[bradleysmith]

how do you figure? I would ask the author the same question.

To me, building a robot to get yourself a Burning Man ticket is the definition of radical self-reliance.

I get the non-commoditification, gifting economy as a goal, but the demand for tickets outstripped the supply long ago. If you want to go, you have cleverness alone to get to the front of the pack. I'd feel building a robot to get the jump would be worlds better than allowing a scalper to profit from the purchase.

[fleegix]

Automating the Web like this is pretty awesome. This is going to be something we see more and more of from here on out.

[pranade]

Yes - totally agree!