What are the platforms on the Fediverse doing to prevent data scraping and prevent bots? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

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I've noticed that the issues above are becoming increasingly notorious across the entirety of the Fediverse. What's being done to mititage those issues?

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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 46 points 1 day ago

Plus a key point folks forget is that if people are worried about scraping, your instance is literally sending out all of your info to whoever wants to listen. They don't even need to scrape, just federate as normal. Never share out info you don't want three letter agencies listening to