Chris Trottier"We can't do anything about Google's indexing about the Fediverse, so we're giving them a pass."
No, you can do something about Google: build better Fediverse search.
By the way, the window of opportunity to build better Fediverse search than Google is closing every day.
Each day that Fediverse search is not built is another day Google extends its monopoly into the Fediverse.
What good is de-centralization if centralization occurs via search?
thegardendude 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸@atomicpoet Pardon the probably-dumb question but…agreed on the need for Fediverse search, but how does it stop Google from indexing it? Isn’t Google just going to index stuff anyway? I’m not aware of a way to opt-out of it.
@thegardendude Nothing can stop Google indexing the Fediverse. That's the point.
vidak@atomicpoet @thegardendude not sure about this, but i think you can set something in your instance's admin features about whether or not you want it indexed by search engines
@vidak @atomicpoet I see a setting under preferences where I can opt out of search engine indexing for my personal account
@thegardendude @atomicpoet oh yeah, that seems promising