Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI? - We Distribute
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Is a large corporate entity scraping a community-run open social network to train AI models for profit?

Building on some initial reports coming from the FediPact account and Dropsite news, we dive into potential measures admins can take for their instances.

  • bluejayway@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 days ago

    i apologize if this is a stupid question, but if i have my posts set to followers only they can’t scrape it right?

    • Sean Tilley@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Probably not, but the tradeoff is that you’re limiting audience reach. Occasionally, this can also break context in public conversations, where someone might follow someone else who responds to you, but can’t see your original post.