The admin of the Mastodon instance cyberspace.social just received an AI powered notice to delete the parody account @microsoft@lea.pet

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[–] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (30 children)

The instance rules state;

3 . No impersonation of a person or a brand. Even parodies.

6 . Each username on here should be a person, not a brand or corporation - and that person must be you, no impersonation.

Now I'm not coming to the defense of a corporation because fuck corps but wouldn't this account violate those rules? Microsoft is a (shitty) brand and this is a parody of that.

I might be wrong but thats how I would interpret those two rules.

And again fuck microsoft, even if it does violate the instance rules it should be left alone just to piss of a shitty corp.

Edit: As TherapyGary pointed out, the instance they are on has no rule pertaining to parody accounts, My bad.

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  • [–] 101 points 1 year ago (21 children)

    I believe the Microsoft account is hosted on Lea.pet, which doesn't have those rules

    1000011553

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    could be a rule break of number 9

    are we sure on the English translation?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    @Una@europe.pub pls translate

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    don’t harass people if there isn’t a valid reason for doing that

    what a nothing rule lol, every harasser believes they are justified

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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    Some might argue it requires a terminal level of brain worms to understand what is being said with rule 8. But I for one find beauty in this exactly level and flavor of petty, and I come to the fediverse for it.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    6 . Each username on here should be a person, not a brand or corporation - and that person must be you, no impersonation.

    "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!"

    -Jay-Z regretting his words

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's not hosted on that instance. It's hosted at another instance. You're making the same mistake that the Microsoft bot AI did.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is it a mistake? Wouldn't federated content still count the same way legally, since an instance is also a website?

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