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Probably because no one has any proof other than anecdotal evidence. And the vast majority of times it’s looked into it’s because the person reporting it doesn’t understand how else their information is collected (i.e. web searches, intranet data for other people, browsing histories, etc.)

Look at it this way, is it more likely that the majority of security researchers that look into it, find nothing, and deem these use cases as inefficient and improbable, are wrong; OR is it more likely that data collectors builds good profiles, mixed with some Baader-Meinhof, a little Dunning-Krueger, and a lot of coincidence?

Not everything is a big conspiracy, nuance is neccesary, or the sky will always be falling.

These types of threads always come across as whiny and overblown to me. Kbin works just fine the majority of the time, and it’s still my preferred method for accessing microblogging/thread data.

The fediverse is a massive project, if you don’t like what one part is doing go elsewhere, you can access most content in a variety of ways and it’s good to have alternatives.

I’m far more appreciative of what kbin brings to the table than what all these naysaying posts and circle-jerks bring up everytime there is a lull.

Is there criticism of kbin, sure? But how is this constructive rather than whiny doom bait.

Edit: OPs whole post history is kbin whining. Whew.

I like how he literally answered your question, with an answer that made perfect sense.

Gave resonas as to why this answer doesn’t exist yet.

And you still had the nerve to call it a defection. Pretty sure your goalposts don’t even exist at this point.

If you think every instance is going to follow suit with your example you’re an idiot. I’d love for you to show numbers of instances that follow your logic, and not just a single comment that made you unhappy with how it played out.