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[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

but federated and open source

[–] ZaphodWilde42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I believe one of their terms tho is something sketch about your content and data.

[–] sgnl@midwest.social 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wanna source that? Cause I've been following loops a bit and haven't seen anything close to that. If anything it's the opposite.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They said they believe.

Only knowledge has sources; but beliefs sound cool.

I don't know why I used a semicolon there, but it's staying.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, believe in yourself, that semicolon belongs there if you believe it belongs there.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Believe in yourself!

Science: No.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] sgnl@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What exactly is a red flag there? It seems pretty boilerplate from a quick skim.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe the section of concern was

Contributions: The Services may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality during which you may create, submit, post, display, transmit, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or through the Services, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, music, graphics, comments, reviews, rating suggestions, personal information, or other material ("Contributions"). Any Submission that is publicly posted shall also be treated as a Contribution.

You understand that Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Services and possibly through third-party websites.

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[–] sgnl@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It still looks pretty standard for a social media platform, it covers their bases for legalities. I can see how someone could read that and be concerned, but I'll bet https://mastodon.social/@dansup would reply if someone asked a question for clarification on mastodon, he's generally really good about that.

Edit Update: Seems like someone had similar concerns and dansup replied here: https://mstdn.social/@EdanOsborne/113413398742299770

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Terms of service/privacy policies would be on a per-instance basis.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

"All your content and data are belong to us"?

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)