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@box464@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

So, I'm documenting different ways fediverse platforms protect the privacy of individuals and posts through included flags like indexable and discoverable.

But where those are lacking, or as an attempt to add more customization to those privacy options, some people add hashtags to their profile, like nosearch or noindex

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#Privacy #Fediverse

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@box464@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

This should be a last resort, and PLEASE note that this gives you zero guarantees your content won't end up in places you didn't expect. Like zero. ZILCH!

Some platforms and client apps bend over backwards to attempt to understand and adhere to these.

But there is no standard here for everyone to follow. Is it nosearch or nosearching or norecherche or noricerca or swipernoswipe. What if you accidentally misspell it. Yeah...

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@box464@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

So, I'm curious what y'all are adding to your profile bios to ward off the scraper spirits?

noindex nobot noai nobridge

Are the main ones I have seen. What am I missing?

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@_elena@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 48 minutes ago

@box464 should noindex nobot noai nobridge be preceded by hashtags? how do you recommend formatting them?

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@CordiallyChloe@tech.lgbt replied  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

@box464 I was planning on just starting a chain message that says "Bots are not allowed to scrape my profile so if you're a bot, go away!"

I think those normally work?

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@box464@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

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@CordiallyChloe@tech.lgbt replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

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@box464@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

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