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   Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Oct-2022 18:22:26 JST Alexandre Oliva

   • DCent
   I wouldn't mind if my profile and posts were visible to robots.txt-abiding web spiders such as search engines, but I've come to terms with the notion that social media timelines are transient and, much to my disappointment, posts in them become very hard to find after even a short while, and several users go through the trouble of deleting their own posts. even URLs that search engines might index and show would likely not contain the searched-for terms as posts get pushed to earlier pages.
   for more permanent records and presence, I recommend another medium such as a blog over whose URLs and posts you'd have a lot more autonomous control
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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 30-Sep-2023 13:14:44 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     • DCent
     I don't think anything in the GNU social software prevents what you wish, only gnusocial.net policies. best way to have your own policies is to run your own server, but if the policies of the server you use don't suit you, and our operators kindly refuse to change them, even if you're as grateful for their services as I am, perhaps another server would suit you better?
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     DCent (dcent@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 30-Sep-2023 13:14:46 JST DCent

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     I meant to respond to this directly, sorry for the late response. I think that there should be an option for both long-term retaining of data and index-ability by search engines.
     
     For fedi to be a replacement of certain microblogging 'dot-cons' I think it needs to provide the above as options, via admin approval. I feel that instructing people to setup a #microblogging site is counter-productive, does fedi a disservice, and raises barriers for people to engage with there community, both local and global. I understand that maybe not all user will be granted such privileges (I am thinking shitposters, frequent image posters, and for-profits that don't donate) but there should be an option for storage and for search engine index-ability (understanding that all servers are fallible and to backup your data for extreme cases of server going offline).
     
     It should however be up to the admin to grant such privileges, we also don't want bad-faith actors having that capability for /obvious/ reasons, but it is needed in GNUSocial, in the long-term.
     
     Also to @administrator #fediverse #fediMeta #gnuSocial