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What are the platforms on the Fediverse doing to prevent data scraping and prevent bots? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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I've noticed that the issues above are becoming increasingly notorious across the entirety of the Fediverse. What's being done to mititage those issues?

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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

This sort of nonsense, along with idiocy like that guy who uses the þ character in place of "th" in all his comments, does absolutely nothing to hinder AI training. The only effect it has is to bother human readers. Completely counterproductive.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I will be abide by slander by of the mighty þorn.