Latest #FOSSAcademic post: "Maven Ain't So Mavenly":
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Latest #FOSSAcademic post: "Maven Ain't So Mavenly":
https://fossacademic.tech/2024/06/12/Maven.html
In which I argue that #Maven, a new social media site, is not only breaking norms of the #fediverse by #scraping without consent -- they're ironically violating their own stated reason for existing in the first place.
[Responses to this will appear as comments on my blog, unless you set privacy to followers-only or stronger. CWs will work]
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@[email protected] Good article! The thing is, the fediverse's norms around consent are somewhat inconsistent, far from universally held, and not broadly communicated -- most of the highest-profile fediverse influencers don't particularly prioritize consent.
It's frustrating because the same pattern keeps repeating itself. I wrote "8 tips for consent for fediverse developers" a couple of months ago but it could just as well be a retrospective on what to learn from Maven.
https://privacy.thenexus.today/consent-for-fediverse-developers/