• Lexi Sneptaur
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    169 months ago

    Very glad I overwrote all of my comments with random words before deleting my account. They won’t be profiting off of me anymore.

    • FaceDeer
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      119 months ago

      Instead you’re posting to the Fediverse, which is even more open for use by third parties.

      • @residentmarchant
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        179 months ago

        Yea, but it’ll be open forever, nobody can turn off an app overnight and profit from it.

        • FaceDeer
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          49 months ago

          Right. But my point is that they can profit from it. The issue lots of folks seem to be having is “how dare Reddit make money using something I did!”, and that issue is even worse for the Fediverse since lots of companies can be doing it.

          • Undearius
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            99 months ago

            And what value is a commodity that is available to everyone?

            I don’t disagree with your point but I’m sure it couldn’t be sold for as much as when it’s a limited resource.

            • FaceDeer
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              19 months ago

              The value comes from the work that can be done with it. If you can train an AI off it then it’s worth something.

              • Undearius
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                59 months ago

                It’s one thing if you’re processing and doing work with the data but Reddit will be getting $60,000,000 a year for simple having the data.

                • FaceDeer
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                  19 months ago

                  They can’t do the work without the data, though.

                  Or rather, they can’t do the work without the risk of Reddit raising a legal fuss that would cost them more than $60 million. The data itself can already be downloaded for free from various places.

      • Lexi Sneptaur
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        59 months ago

        Its obscure enough that I don’t think it’s being sought out by AI companies. The nature of federated instances should make it a bit more challenging to pull a complete data set too

        • FaceDeer
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          49 months ago

          Not so obscure that Meta isn’t paying attention and planning for interoperation, and Meta is one of the biggest players in the AI development field.

          A complete data set isn’t required, just a comprehensive one.