Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoMeta mulls a Twitter competitor codenamed ‘P92’ that will be interoperable with Mastodonwww.moneycontrol.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMeta mulls a Twitter competitor codenamed ‘P92’ that will be interoperable with Mastodonwww.moneycontrol.comAda@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarenutomic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoMost Fediverse data is public so its very easy to scrape. Facebook wouldnt even have to implement any federation in their own platforms if thats their only goal.
minus-squarealtair222@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoon the other hand, it would be illegal to scrape masto data and use it to profile people for ads. If that geta reported, it could be sued hard
minus-squarenutomic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWhen have scammers ever cared if something is legal? And corporations like meta can pay a lot more lawyers than you.
Most Fediverse data is public so its very easy to scrape. Facebook wouldnt even have to implement any federation in their own platforms if thats their only goal.
on the other hand, it would be illegal to scrape masto data and use it to profile people for ads. If that geta reported, it could be sued hard
When have scammers ever cared if something is legal? And corporations like meta can pay a lot more lawyers than you.