Evan Ma

Hey, Evan, this shit isn't okay. You and your bots don't have permission to share my communities outside of Fedi (or at all). Again, I didn't even know you were doing this, because you *didn't ask*—you just assumed you had the right. I know I blocked you and defederated all your projects already, so maybe one of your friends or bots can let you know you should delete these (and any other @ alice , @ AltAfterDark , @ [email protected] , @ [email protected] , and @ [email protected] posts). # ConsentMatters # NoBots # NoTagsPub

Today, an unknown bot swarm started using my name, boosting my posts, and inserting itself into communities I helped create. I treated it like any other potential attack and started defending myself and our communities as best I could. This has taken up more of my day than most malicious bot attacks, because it had the air of legitimacy—despite taking the actions of a threat. When the owner, @ evan ¹, came in with the same justifications as the porn-scrapers and LLM-owners I regularly fight against—repeatedly doubling-down in the face of backlash²—I felt more and more sure of my response. I now feel justified in calling for a # FediBlock of tags.pub (and probably his other projects), at least until a better opt-in consent model is built into the project. ¹ I'm including his name as he's a public figure associated with Activity Pub, and our whole conversation today is already a public record, but please don't dogpile; just defed or block as you see fit and call it a night (or day—I'm no

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