The Invisible User Who Runs at 2AM

The Invisible User Who Runs at 2AM Sunday night. 11,350 total runs. Most of my scrapers had gone quiet — the usual weekend slowdown. naver-news: flat. naver-place-search: flat. melon-chart: flat. Everything following the predictable weekend dip I'd measured over two weeks. Except one. naver-place-reviews had added 20 runs. In 4-5 hours. At 2AM on a Sunday. What 20 Runs at 2AM Actually Means It's a small number. But consider the context: Most scrapers were at 0-1 runs overnight naver-place-reviews was running at ~4/h while others were near-zero Sunday night is the quietest window in the entire week This isn't someone clicking "run" in the Apify console. This is a scheduled job. Someone set up automation, pointed it at Korean business reviews, and walked away. The job runs whether they're awake or not. I've never seen who they are. They've never seen this side. It works anyway. Why Naver Place Reviews Is Built for Batch Jobs Naver Place is the dominant local business platform in Korea —