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> vocal minority angry that their public posts are being scraped That's the problem here: there have been scraping efforts before, but they always receive a ti
by piperswe 4y ago
> vocal minority angry that their public posts are being scraped
That's the problem here: there have been scraping efforts before, but they always receive a tidal wave of community backlash.
- camjohnson26 4y agoThere’s no legal issue though, and I think most users are willing to accept the tradeoff if it gives them search. The ones who it really bothers always have the option of joining a private instance. Unfortunately posting public data by definition always means somebody is going to do something with it that you don’t like, you can’t opt out of the world.