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@graue it's interesting, I saw it as a very fedi-like dynamic in general: a swift response to a non-consensual scraper (even though the architecture does nothing to prevent scraping and there aren't currently any legal protections in place) and the person behind it swiftly backing down.

Also, I'm curious: why do you see this as a plus for fedi? Right now to me they seem roughly equivialent. Neither Bluesky or Mastodon has anything in their terms of service that prohibits this.

And if Bluesky does introduce the user control they're talking about, that would put them ahead of Mastodon -- which right now only has options for

• Your public posts and profile may be featured or recommended in various areas of Mastodon and your profile may be suggested to other users.

• Your public posts may appear in search results on Mastodo

• Your profile page may appear in search results on Google, Bing, and others.

None of which cover this case.