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You also don't have a say over who reads your HN comments. Such comments could very well be used against you by another human. If something is public info, you
by judge2020 4y ago
You also don't have a say over who reads your HN comments. Such comments could very well be used against you by another human. If something is public info, you must treat it as forever-public.
- kweingar 4y agoYou don’t always have control over what is published about you online. Comments are only one aspect of this. I’m sure you would not be happy if I widely published your full name, address, birthday, names and ages of family members, occupation, etc. just because I was able to piece it all together from public info.
- judge2020 4y agoI wouldn't be happy but if all of that were public information, I don't see how we can expect to regulate the equivalent of web scraping while still allowing human agents to perform the same actions.
- JohnFen 4y agoYou don't see a difference between a person doing something and a machine doing the thing in bulk? I think there's a very meaningful difference there. But practically, I fear that you're right. That distinction will not be made. That's why the only viable defense against the likes of OpenAI that I could think of was to close my websites to public access. I'm still seeking a way to safely reopen them. I hope I can find one.