cinoreus@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agoHow active is bot scrapping on lemmy compared to reddit?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareHow active is bot scrapping on lemmy compared to reddit?cinoreus@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
Are bots scrapping lemmy the same way they are scrapping reddit? Or is this place safer from scrapping?
minus-squarechewypoops@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·6 days agoIt’s called ActivityPub. It’s basically RSS on steroids. The content here is about as public as it gets. It wouldn’t even be fair to call it “scraping”, you just run an instance and the data pours in like a firehose. It’s really important to know this if you’re on the Fediverse. If you’re here for privacy, big oof.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI have always been an open book on the fediverse. I give my name. my address. heck even my social security number in my profile. also when I comment about my life I never lie and use a names and places that are, less us say, not exact.
It’s called ActivityPub. It’s basically RSS on steroids. The content here is about as public as it gets.
It wouldn’t even be fair to call it “scraping”, you just run an instance and the data pours in like a firehose.
It’s really important to know this if you’re on the Fediverse. If you’re here for privacy, big oof.
I have always been an open book on the fediverse. I give my name. my address. heck even my social security number in my profile. also when I comment about my life I never lie and use a names and places that are, less us say, not exact.