BeAware :fediverse:
@fedijedi no problem, friend.
I got into a huge argument with the owner when it was first found because he thinks that following the users hes scraping gives him a pass...🤦♂️
If any of my followers are selling my posts without giving me a cut, I'm damn sure gonna get mad cause I don't even make anything off of my craziness!
akurilov
@BeAware so pathetic you're on duty to chase another fediverse service daily and nightly. Is it a paid business?
BeAware :fediverse:
@akurilov nah, just an obligation to help my fellow Fedi friends to avoid having their data sold without permission or compensation. 😒🙄
BeAware :fediverse:
@lonelyowl normal users don't expect that their followers would be the ones selling their data.
Owl!🦉
These posts are public, everything is public here, anyone could use this data for any purpose.
Usually when people talk about privacy violation, it is about selling personal data, like legal name, email, home address, private encrypted messages, etc. Stuff that is highly sensitive and pretty much wasn't intended to be known by anyone except a certain party.
If you don't want to make your posts available for everyone, there is a simple solution - stop using public social networks 🧐
BeAware :fediverse:
@lonelyowl nah. I said followers for a reason. Are you selling my posts?
The enemy I know as my friend feels worse than the enemy I don't know at all.
As you can tell, I'm very public. I don't have worries. But others do.
If I set my account to approve follows and actually approve a follower, that's not permission to sell the posts, I think.
Owl!🦉
Then "normal users" have a twisted understanding of the word "public". You make a post, don't put any restrictions on it, you don't encrypt it, it is visible to EVERYONE, but you don't expect it to be scraped for by a stranger, for some reason. This kind of brainrot is responsible for a fact that we don't have a normal bsky bridge...
BeAware :fediverse:
@lonelyowl though, since I have your permission, I'll let you know when I find a buyer, so I can give you your 0% commission.😂
BeAware :fediverse:
@lonelyowl me too, but it's just strange to think of allowing someone into your circle explicitly and expecting them to do things with your posts.
In that sense, even private posts could be sold because they allowed a follower.
Owl!🦉
No problem, dude, i'm an anti-copyright extremist anyway, you can assume all my stuff is public domain 🙂
Owl!🦉
Well, scraping someone's follower-only posts is indeed a dubious thing. From one perspective, it is worth mentioning that "follower-only" posts are in fact not protected, they are broadcasted to everyone anyway, and could be made public by a pleroma mrf policy (like the one annihilation.social is using).
From other perspective it is a rather bad behavior. Anyway, stop assuming your posts here to be "protected", it is dumb and, honestly, dangerous.
You still can block people and instances if you don't like them for whatever reason, though.
BeAware :fediverse:
@lonelyowl sure, that's why I'm posting about it. So that those that find this behavior dubious can easily block them.
Just helping others who may not BeAware such things are possible.
BeAware :fediverse:
@lonelyowl I've said that hundreds of times, no?😂
If you haven't seen them, I urge you to search my posts. I have at least a few dozen.
Owl!🦉
Don't forget to also mention that their posts are public, and they should keep that in mind before posting anything, otherwise bad things could happen 🧐
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