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  • I understand on a current technical side why this is not possible, but the post still has some merit in that misuse of original posts can lead to legal action.

    Right now, all content posted online is generally accepted as unlicensed, free to use however one pleases, works. This was fine at the beginning, but as the internet grew, control of one’s data increasingly got more difficult to control - once social media became the dominate form of communicating, it was all over.

    Early blogs still have copyrights posted on them that, legally, can be enforced and respected. So if each user was able to indicated in meta data their choices, with most defaulting probably to a free license, then there is some level of control returned to the user, regardless of protocol and how things get replicated on servers.

    Licenses include reproduction, and the way activitypub works can make that quite murky (its being republished on servers) but that is not all it covers.

    OP, I think this is a very interesting topic to discuss, thanks for bringing it up!


  • These kinds of lists always make me laugh, because it takes a very specific world view and experience and assumes all must be like that. Atomic Habit I do agree partially on, but you know two books that have recently changed my life? Certainly not on the list here.

    4,000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman and The Little Book of Listening by Donna Duffey et. Al.

    As someone who feels outside the domimate traits of society, Sensitive: The Hidden Power and The Power of Quiet are also books that changed my life in that I am embracing my own traits and talents, rather than struggle to adopt those more commonly sought after.