Though Lemmy and Mastodon are public sites, and their structures are open-source I guess? (I’m not a programmer/coder), can they really dodge the ability of AI s to collect/track any data everytime they search everywhere on Internet?

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    10 months ago

    What are you wanting to protect? I think you should hold a bit of anonymity overall to where it doesn’t matter a whole lot. The thrill of these platforms are the more anonymous characters willing to share what’s on their mind without huge out-lash/cancelling in my opinion.

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      10 months ago

      you can try and hold on to this ‘light anonymity’ as long as you want, but i feel the longer we all spend in the public fediverse, the easier it will be to piece together our content->id by fingerprinting… should someone decide they really want to do that.

      ive kind of taken a more public approach…no, im not blathering my personal info about… but i try not to say or do anything i wouldnt say or do to that person in public on the street in front of my house.

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        10 months ago

        Going against that last part and diving into what’s really on your brain is what I’m saying sets these platforms apart. Aside from the typical bigotry spewing characters that come with it.

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          i spose. ive had some great conversations with people in random forums across the internet for 30 years… the platform seems almost irrelevant in my memory, but posts are sticky. everyone knows those things can be hard to remove. i dont think the fediverse will change that.

          another option for more easily anonymous, ephemeral, say-anything kinda of environment… check IRC. ticks a lot of those boxes

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            10 months ago

            True, IRC probably birthed most of my feelings in this regard. Formed a tight knit community and learned a lot of personal stuff on there as well though.