Have you ever tried to buy a ticket to a concert featuring your favorite artist, only to see it sell out in front of your eyes? I know that feeling all too well, but not for tickets. In December 2015, I began reselling sneakers — or, at least, attempting to. One of my friends had told me that a new color of the Yeezy Boost 350 was releasing, and if I were able to get one pair I could sell it for $800, ending up with a $600 profit. Naturally, I had no hesitation, and my brother and I spent a day in our hotel room in the Dominican Republic while my parents enjoyed their vacation on the beach. My brother got a pair, but I ended up without any, and it continued that way for a few more weeks. How were people on Twitter getting dozens of pairs when I couldn’t even get any? It didn’t take long for me to realize that, similar to ticket bots, people had developed sneaker bots that could check out multiple sneakers in a matter of seconds,
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