Interesting! If @timbray were a VC, he’d stay away from the Fediverse.
Yes, let’s spread this narrative.
10x ROI won’t be achievable. Monetization isn’t possible. There’s nothing to see here.
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@atomicpoet @timbray
The 'Social Media' phenomenon was about capturing & monetizing (+leveraging for political purposes) digital exhaust of human behaviours. What's to stop or thwart that same model - on #mastodon / in #fediverse / or #activitypub ? – asking for a planet.
#SiliconValley
#BigTech
#VC #USPoli
#Privacy
#Surveillance
#SurveillanceCapitalism
@TryshHQ @atomicpoet @timbray It seems to me that it has already happened. Google captures and indexes Fediverse content (at least Mastodon) to support its advertising business.
@steve @TryshHQ @atomicpoet @timbray
RE: Google captures and indexes Fediverse content (at least Mastodon)
Hi Steve, please say more about this more directly (like how and some examples). It's very important to me and others on Mastodon...
@steve @TryshHQ @atomicpoet @timbray
MASTODON OPTIONS YOU CAN TURN OFF...
□ search indexing
□ make your network / followers hidden or less public by default
□ put locks on and need confirmation before accepting follow requests
Wouldn't recommend that search engine... (Searx.Org as alternative)
But point taken for sure 100%.
@steve @TryshHQ @atomicpoet @timbray Good point (I redrafted my msg so include your reply below to which I mean "Good point" to). Sounds like you know your stuff and went through profile options...
Steve you said begore i redrafted:
"AFAIK, I have all Mastodon instance-level discoverability options disabled. I don't think confirming followers will make a difference on this topic. Even robots.txt won't help.
Google will still index your Fediverse content when it appears in the timelines of other sites that have discoverability enabled and have a more liberal robots.txt policy"
@freeschool @TryshHQ @atomicpoet @timbray RE: Google captures and indexes Fediverse content.
Try a Google search for "freeschool@qoto.org" (with the quotes). I see posts/replies to and from your account going back to at least June 2022. AFAICT, your profile itself isn't indexed (mine is). I don't know the quality/speed of the crawling and indexing, but I've seen new posts indexed within a few days.