Reflections and Thoughts of Brian
Posted on: August 29, 2024, 9:26 am
As I work on Fynd, I’m seeing a trend among social sites like X (Twitter), Reddit, and Wikipedia blocking their user-generated pages from being indexed.
I agree with preventing or licensing content that would be used for AI purposes, but I disagree with putting up a blanket wall, a paywall in some cases, or an API, to access and index user-generated content. This is unethical, in my opinion, and goes against the open nature of the internet.
Fynd will not participate in this practice to index content.