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Hiker
@feb @evan
Exactly !
It is **our** data and nobody has the right to do anything with it. Otherwise every admin would have to ask their users for permission.
No, such projects **definitely** do not belong in the #Fediverse.
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Evan Prodromou

@Hiker @feb Not even opt-in, with consent? Why not?

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Hiker
@evan
Sorry, seems like a rhetorical question to me.

In such a distributed, decentralized network with so many servers, where the data is so interconnected, how can you guarantee the individual user that their data will not be used? After all, their data is not only stored on their home server, but distributed across the entire network.

But you can try to convince me on the technical and data protection side. @feb
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Evan Prodromou

@Hiker @feb It's a really good point. I am not sure how researchers in social networks deal with incidental data from other users.

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Hiker
@evan
You didn't tell me what the researchers want to research. I assume that if they want to do research in social media, it's about communication.

So it's about interaction between users. How does research work now if one user has consented but the other has not?

Again, the open, free and decentralized network #Fediverse is not open to such gimmicks. The #Fediverse is not a commercial network where users pay with their data. @feb
Evan Prodromou

@Hiker @feb There aren't specific researchers; this is an abstract question.

My understanding is that siloed social networks no longer give as much access to researchers, so they ask you for (say) your Twitter or Facebook backup data.

Sep 26, 2024, 08:26 PM·Public·Phanpy
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