I'm not mad, it's not like I put a lot of original...

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I'm not mad, it's not like I put a lot of original creative work into the toot.

But this leads to a broader topic. I think we should discuss how we feel about these content farming accounts, that thrive from the uncredited content of other people, for the sole purpose of gaining followers and selling merch. Do we really want that in the fediverse?

Like 24 March at 15:31 | Open on chaos.social

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Koutsie :unverified:

@vidister nixcraft just posts boomer memes from faceboob anyway 💀

24 March at 15:33 | Open on layer8.space

Andres Jalinton

@vidister
I get that not all NixCraft's posts are original (honestly I expected it to be mostly re-posts from other networks) but this could be better as a Boost instead of copy & paste (if that was the case, I'm not assuming anything)

24 March at 15:38 | Open on mastodon.hardcoredevs.com

jaseg

@Andres @vidister Even when reposting from other places, a simple one-line attribution would be the bare minimum.

24 March at 15:52 | Open on chaos.social

Vyr ☢️☣️

@vidister Garg announced https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/112118260677357857 not even a week ago

We've updated the rules of our flagship server mastodon.social today. Most are the same with some clarifications, but one rule is new: Content created by others must be attributed, and use of AI must be disclosed. Profiles that only post AI-generated content will not be tolerated.

24 March at 15:54 | Open on princess.industries

Dragonfox called Sophie

@vidister in a way they boost the original posts or at the very least credit the original post (not just poster): yes please, perfect way to discover cool beings

24 March at 16:02 | Open on gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network

Anatra (emotionally flapping)

@vidister
I'm quite wary of those accounts which seems to just try to be popular and have a brand.
Even without merch they could do it later, or even much worse, sell visible toots.

I wish it would be more common to have those silenced as instance policy.

I already blocked a bunch of meme reposting accounts which are "nonpolitical" and void of any information about the person behind.

24 March at 16:06 | Open on queer.party

etsy :kirby_walk: :kirby_fly:

@vidister idk, is there really any ownership over this? it's just a fedi post. as far as I'm concerned, if I'm gonna call for the abolition of intellectual property as a whole, then "stealing a post" can't really exist as a concept.

24 March at 16:16 | Open on infosec.exchange

etsy :kirby_walk: :kirby_fly:

I just smoked so this might not have made sense

24 March at 16:17 | Open on infosec.exchange

L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ

@avrin Abolishing Intellectual Property isn't the same as abolishing attribution.
You releasing an album of covers without paying the songwriters isn't the same as you releasing an album of covers presented as your own songs.
Nixcraft et al does the latter.

24 March at 16:33 | Open on mastodon.social

etsy :kirby_walk: :kirby_fly:

@Mabande this is a fair argument actually and I should have considered that, I do, however, still see things as less serious when talking about fedi posts.

24 March at 16:39 | Open on infosec.exchange

ig 🏳️‍🌈

@vidister even with attribution, these accounts that just repost other people's content irritate me. unfortunately it's probably not possible to crack down on them without causing too much collateral damage, like banning people for posting the occasional meme or cool photo they found elsewhere.

i do find it strange that people here hate twitter so much and yet continue to boost content that was obviously farmed from someone else's twitter account

24 March at 16:53 | Open on mstdn.ca