This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. Meta is moving forward with their plans for Theads and the Fediverse, and their adjusted terms reflect a new impending reality for Fediverse users.

  • El Barto
    12•1 year ago

    Yes, but do you analyse this information to sell it to advertisers? Will you start posting sponsored content based on this information? And will the money you collect benefit the community you live in, or will it buy you another politician?

      • Sean TilleyOPMEnglish
        8•1 year ago

        Altering the language of a service policy (or, writing a new one) is usually a good indication that something is indeed about to change at a larger level.

        • pjhenry1216
          2•1 year ago

          It’s also an indication they’re following US law. They can’t collect data without stating it.

          • @[email protected]
            3•1 year ago

            The article discusses this, a bit. One of the other platforms is considering an enhancement to require request signatures on non-ActivityPub APIs, I.E. Meta can make unsigned requests, where the server doesn’t know who they’re from, but only get minimal (or no) data back, or Meta can make signed requests, and instance owners get to decide what data (if any) they’re okay with sharing to Meta, based on Meta’s privacy policies. Beyond API’s, you’re talking about web scraping, which is something the industry has been handling for decades.

      • El Barto
        5•1 year ago

        It also says exactly what they’re planning to collect for starters. That was news to me.