"Mastodon is so silent. Nobody's there except your two Linux nerd friends."
EDIT: The feed has been shut down. More info: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/fedionfire/issues/8
https://fedionfire.stream
#Mastodon #Fediverse #FediOnFire
The feeling is that simply having it be public isn’t an automatic license to re-use or “re-appropriate” the content outside of what’s required for normal network functionality. From that perspective, federating a post to a normal Mastodon / fediverse server = OK, viewing that post in your browser = OK, but many other uses = not OK.
This subset of the userbase want the norm for “extracurricular uses” of people’s posts to be opt-in only, even for public posts. What exactly qualifies as OK/not, I’m not sure, but there’s been discussions about it in the past which you could probably find and read.
I kind of envy the idea in some ways (aggressive requirement of consent), though in the world we currently live in, it does seem unrealistic without a team of lawyers behind it.
People are upset that the things they posted publicly are viewable publicly?
The feeling is that simply having it be public isn’t an automatic license to re-use or “re-appropriate” the content outside of what’s required for normal network functionality. From that perspective, federating a post to a normal Mastodon / fediverse server = OK, viewing that post in your browser = OK, but many other uses = not OK.
This subset of the userbase want the norm for “extracurricular uses” of people’s posts to be opt-in only, even for public posts. What exactly qualifies as OK/not, I’m not sure, but there’s been discussions about it in the past which you could probably find and read.
I kind of envy the idea in some ways (aggressive requirement of consent), though in the world we currently live in, it does seem unrealistic without a team of lawyers behind it.