Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)Jun 16, 2023

"Reddit represents one of the largest data sets of just human beings talking about interesting things," Huffman said. "We are not in the business of giving that away for free."

You and me, we're just data sets. Years of interaction with fellow human beings, building community, sharing insight and creativity…it’s all just data. Data to be mined and monetized.

Huffman's not mad Reddit was scraped for a chatbot. He's mad he wasn't paid for the privilege. It's his data, you see. His. Not yours.

Show threadmannixJun 17, 2023
@jaredwhite If it's not your server, then it's not your data. It has been this way since day one of the internet and it will be forever. People are stupid.
Show threadTheriac
@mannix @jaredwhite
Let me see if I understand your stance - should anyone be invited into your house, you will be entitled to rifle their pockets and belongings for anything you can sell to a third party, up to an including taking biometric measurements and recording everything they say. A fact you will only make apparent on an intentionally lengthy and tortuously worded document written in tiny, dense font that you waved at them on entry after promising them the time of their life. If so, then would you like to come round to my place for the time of your life.

Don't get me wrong - reading EULs is as important as not getting into the position of having Suge Knight dangle you out of a window when you need to renew a contract . "Caveat Emptor" hasn't been an acceptable legal defence for retail fraud in most modern legal systems for at least a couple of hundred years - so why should it be brought up in relation in digital environments. Refer to articles stating "surprise Mechanics" are not gambling, for the answer.
Jun 17, 2023 at 5:52pmWeb
Show threadmannixJun 17, 2023
@Theriac @jaredwhite My stance is that it is what it is - like it or not.
You loose your data the second you give it to someone else.
Show threadTheriacJun 17, 2023
@mannix @jaredwhite
my comment isn't about liking or disliking your opinion, nor was I made to feel defensive by your post, I spend a lot of energy ensuring I give as little data as I possibly can

I'm also not out to debate or change your mind.

My main motivation was simply your opinion is one I've seen often repeated, one which I feel is a dichotomy.
Show threadDevil Doll, Esq.Jun 21, 2023

@mannix @Theriac @jaredwhite I do feel a little defensive. Not for me, but for my parents, children, and anyone else who isn't as brilliant as you are.

Because of their ignorance, it sounds like you would just write off anything bad that happens to them on the Internet.

It sounds like blaming the victim, honestly.

Show threadmannixJun 21, 2023
@putnamca @Theriac @jaredwhite It isn't about blaming, it is about being realistic.
Show threadDevil Doll, Esq.Jun 21, 2023
@mannix @Theriac @jaredwhite No, please, go ahead and keep defending your position. It's your microphone. We're fascinated.
Show threadmannixJun 21, 2023
@putnamca @Theriac @jaredwhite Why so triggered?