Gregory's ServerIn my opinion, there should be an easy way to opt-out from this type of activity rather than having to contact you directly, or having you spam instance operators via email.
Why are you doing this research without gaining consent from instance operators beforehand?
This type of activity should be opt-in by default. Why isn't it?
How do you consider this data to be ethically sourced without opt-in consent, and without posting all of your funders?
Or do you post a list of funders?
@keith
We haven't collected any data, only analysed our federated timeline, as every federated instance can.
We understand concerns about data collection, however this research is similar to that which academics often publish. It's to help grow understanding, never for monetization or gain.
The research is not related to instance specific data outside of newsmast.social and the Newsmast app.
You can see more information about how Newsmast is funded in our FAQs: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/faqs/
@keith
We haven't collected any data, only analysed our federated timeline, as every federated instance can.
We understand concerns about data collection, however this research is similar to that which academics often publish. It's to help grow understanding, never for monetization or gain.
The research is not related to instance specific data outside of newsmast.social and the Newsmast app.