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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by wmf on Thursday April 19, 2018 @07:12PM (#16880970)
I think the idea is no ads -> nothing to target -> no need/value for personal data. Sure, maybe Cambridge Analytica can scrape Scuttlebutt or Mastodon but then what can they do with that data?
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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by rock_hard on Thursday April 19, 2018 @07:29PM (#16881059)
Create a army of fake users to influence people that way maybe?
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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by newfoundglory on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:00AM (#16882697)
Aside from the likely ability to connect it to other sources of data so they can show better ads on those platforms, there's regular market analysis - it's worth knowing that teenagers are increasingly interested in X even if you can't tie that back to individual teenagers.
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