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Mastodon Migration<a href="https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fediversereport</a> OK, let's take one more crack at this Bluesky "user intents" smokescreen.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> wants to do deals with AI companies to scrape your content. They've come up with this tricky idea you can put a non-binding sticky note on your stuff, that the 'downstream' AI scrapers (that is, their new customers for your stuff) can completely ignore.And, here is the good part, Jay Graber is selling you this hogwash as a new benefit, and all of tech media is promoting the pitch. 🤦‍♂️Wake up.

Mastodon Migration<a href="https://fediversereport.com/author/laurenshof/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LaurensHof</a> So sick of this gaslighting. To frame making changes in preparation for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> permitting (selling???) user content for AI scaping as letting "people set their preference (‘user intent’) on how their data should be handled outside of the protocol," is manipulative garbage.People do not want their content used for AI training. There is no one clamoring for this.

Mastodon Migration<a href="https://poliverso.org/profile/notizie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@notizie</a> So sick of this gaslighting. To frame making changes in preparation for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> permitting (selling???) user content for AI scaping as letting "people set their preference (‘user intent’) on how their data should be handled outside of the protocol," is manipulative garbage.People do not want their content used for AI training. There is no one clamoring for this.

Fediverse ReportATmosphere Report - This week's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atproto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atproto</a> news:- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> releases a protocol roadmap and a proposal for handling user intents - Tangled is a git collaboration platform on atproto - Blacksky is working towards Cypher, an AppView with local-only posting<a href="https://fediversereport.com/atmosphere-report-2025march-b/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fediversereport.com/atmosphere-report-2025march-b/</a>

Michael HansenWe need more <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> apps for <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> because it's more user-friendly than <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a>

Ahri Enby :nb_verified:Hey <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Bluesky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a>, if you make <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/atproto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atproto</a> even safer, then you should improve content warning feature, especially blurring adult content images, and adding content warning to text.

DCoder 🇱🇹❤🇺🇦<a href="https://ohai.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

Duskwolf (Dusky)Ich versuch mich auch mal auf bluesky :)@dusky-wolf.bsky.socialMal schauen ob ich die finde denen ich hier folge<a href="https://ieji.de/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsky</a>

Mastodon Migration<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lydie</a> In the comments below some defenders of this <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> opt-out AI scraping change say something like, "It just gives users more control over their content." Like it is a good thing. This is baloney.You don't need to put a sign on your car saying it is not okay to break into this car. It's your car.This "control of your own data" argument is nonsense. You have control of your own data, it's yours. All you can be tricked into doing is giving it away.

Robert KingettOh lookie here. First, some background.Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin on Monday, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said the social network has been working on a framework for user consent over how they want their data to be used for generative AI.Now onto this.Link below but <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> will start selling your data to train AI. The fact this is a proposal and something the CEO is pushing for should tell you that this is a small step towards selling everyone's data, regardless of whatever you want to happen.Many here are willing to actually trust CEO's for some reason.A CEO wants to make money. Period. That is their primary function.This proposal is opt out, not opt in. Otherwise, they wouldn't go on the record with this comment...Speaking at SXSW, Graber explained that the company has engaged with partners to develop a framework for user consent over how they would want their data to be used — or not used — for generative AI.The fact a CEO is considering something multiple times should tell you your wishes will be violated to make a profit. If not now, but eventually.<a href="https://github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/tree/main/0008-user-intents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/tree/main/0008-user-intents</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a>

Jon Juarez<a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mastodonmigration</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lydie</a> If Eugen Rochko did the same as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> and put the "Social." data up for sale, the users would move to another instance and the value of social would be 0 euros... Thanks for that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a>.

FlakyBluesky updated its maximum video length to 3 minutes meaning you can upload 1 entire Eurovision song to the site.<a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Eurovision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eurovision</a>

Sofian AudryOne example of why decentralized social media that gives you control over your own data is better than privately owned options <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈ICE is trawling Bluesky for people to snatch. Gilead is here.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPOL</a>

Mastodon Migration<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lydie</a> Let's just try one more thought exercise. Let's say Eugen Rochko told tech media that all content on mastodon.social was going to be sold to AI scapers and "bulk dataset" brokers, but you had the ability to "opt-out" by checking a box that would insert the robots.txt header.Can you imagine? And yet, Jay Graber's announcement flies under the radar. This is what happens when you've constructed a cult of personality around your enshittification. Enough of the gaslighting.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a>

Mastodon Migration<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lydie</a> Let's get into this. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> is bleeding money and selling your data is the best way they have of "monetizing" you. So why not frame it as a "voluntary" initiative?Thing is, seems like it will be opt-out. See this github 'proposal': <a href="https://github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/tree/main/0008-user-intents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/tree/main/0008-user-intents</a>"Suppose a Bluesky user does not want any of their public data to be used for generative AI training. They would go in to app settings, find the data reuse preferences section, and configure “Generative AI” to “disallow”.more...

Mastodon MigrationBluesky To Sell Your Content To AI Data MinersSo it begins. Hidden in Jay Graber's recent charm offensive is this innocuously framed initiative: Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI (<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/</a>)Not so fast.1) Shows they are planning on doing content deals with AI companies. 2) Seems like it is Opt-out vs. Opt-in (see below). 3) It is just a voluntary robots.txt fileh/t <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lydie</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie/114149023344861046" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie/114149023344861046</a>more...<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a>

The Nexus of Privacyif not now, when? Mutual aid and organizing in the fediverses and the ATmosphere<a href="https://privacy.thenexus.today/if-not-now-when/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://privacy.thenexus.today/if-not-now-when/</a>Mutual aid. Organizing. Sharing, contextualizing, and making meaning of news and health information to counter propaganda and information overload. The use cases for alternative social networks – not controlled by techbro white supremacist CEO's working with their cronies in authoritarian governments – practically write themselves in today's world. And with so many talented social scientists, designers, systems thinkers, and developers directly impacted by DOGE, MAGA, et al, there are a lot of people with the right skills for these new networks to make rapid progress.The good news is there's a lot of promising work happening in the decentralized social media ecosystems known as the fediverses ("federated universes") and the ATmosphere (a fediverse built on Bluesky's AT protocol), including DAIR-tube, Blacksky, the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeFediverse</a>, and more.Still, as promising as these efforts are, there's still a long ways to go.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organizing</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atmosphere</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/blacksky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blacksky</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lydie</a>"but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> is a public benefit corporation"sounds great!but that's a shallow understandingit means a company *may* (it doesn't have to) consider motivations other than pure profitthe designation has no real bitelike a company showing rainbows during pride month, then donating to the GOP:it's empty bullshitwhen bluesky gets popular enough its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a> bro owners will pull an elon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> destroying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#twitter</a> routinebluesky's future failure is baked into its foundation

Aram SinnreichNew article in <a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheConversationUS</a> from me and <a href="https://aoir.social/@rwg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rwg</a>:<a href="https://theconversation.com/the-fediverse-promises-social-media-without-big-tech-if-it-can-avoid-familiar-pitfalls-247178" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/the-fediverse-promises-social-media-without-big-tech-if-it-can-avoid-familiar-pitfalls-247178</a><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a>

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