this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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They're literally just taking data they need to federate, like all the other instances. Eventually people around here are going to get sick of this paranoid "fuck Meta because it's Meta" attitude because people keep posting lame misinformation like this. I know I'm getting sick of it.
It’s not just because it’s meta, it’s because they are going to scrape up all the data they can get (even if it’s just normal fediverse stuff) and pipe it into their data mining operation. They could probably easily do it without us noticing, but if we know they’re doing it… then it’s worth talking about. And reasonable for people to dislike.
They 100% could already be doing that far easier without threads. It's not actually worth doing it though.
Whether they need it to federate or not, it's still reasonable to not want an entity as large and powerful as Meta to consume this data. Fuck Meta because it's Meta, which has a history of being particularly heinous with user data.
If that's your opinion then great, that was always allowed. What I'm sick of is spinning facts and narratives to suit biases, regardless of whether or not I agree with those biases.
If you don't want Meta having this data you should not post it. They vacuum up everything.
Of course, but that doesn't mean people aren't allowed to distain making that connection closer.
I don't imagine Meta is bothering to scrape Lemmy instances anyway. The signs would be pretty obvious I'd imagine.
Why not? Citation needed.