I'm sure it's not massively known quite yet, so I'll mention them again:
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Shoesmithlcreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Shoesmithlc last edited by
@Shoesmithlc @jspath55 the issue is, users might get the impression that it completely protects their posts from being seen and interacted with by the "blocked" domain. However, that's not the case.
It's like if you hate elephants, but are put into a room full of elephants with a blindfold and earmuffs on. You may not know they're there, but they are.
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Exerra :wee:replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
@[email protected] I mean, there are ways to opt out, and it seem's like a sort of bridge between the Fediverse and Telegram, so, as you said so yourself:
Any implementation that's "opt-in" is dead at the start because we can't teach everyone a lesson.
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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.
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@exerra Legitimate businesses don't make new domains when they're blocked and normal users here don't expect that their followers would sell their posts....unless you do?🤨
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@lonelyowl normal users don't expect that their followers would be the ones selling their data.
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Greg Scallan :verified_red:replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
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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...
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@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.
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
@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.
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No problem, dude, i'm an anti-copyright extremist anyway, you can assume all my stuff is public domain
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Greg Scallan :verified_red: last edited by
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@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.
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Shoesmithlcreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
@BeAware @lonelyowl key word here expect! As they still assume everything is lock up
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Shoesmithlc last edited by
@Shoesmithlc @lonelyowl especially the ones with follower approvals and followers only posts.
This strategy could allow those posts to be sold.
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Shoesmithlcreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
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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.