if you are a WP user, WP has a stated privacy policy where it lists data that will be collected from its users.

What I'm asking about is the data of non users, say a someone on the #fediverse following a link to a post on WP. I haven't checked since the topic first popped up on the #fediverse announcing WP were working towards being here, and at that time there was no mention WP's attitude to data collection from non-users. As it stood WP could take as little or as much as it wanted.

If WP's policy remains unchanged now its presence here is a reality, I'm suggesting it's fair to put them in the same "assume the worst case scenario" basket as #facebook, #twitter, #instagram, #google and #reddit regarding data mining.

@DeShawnFranco
I've posted elsewhere on the thread so rather than repeat here and still answer your question -

When the idea of WP on the #fediverse was first floated there was no mention of what data WP took from interactions with non users, and what they did with that data.

Yeah, I don't understand. By "non-users" you mean "people without a WP fedi account"? They don't have access to anything from your account that they can't get from just crawling ActivityPub, because ActivityPub doesn't give them access to anything else.

Them hosting a federated software doesn't give them access to any additional information they didn't already have. From their users, or anyone else's users. You don't need to read their Privacy Policy for this, it's just how AP works.

@DeShawnFranco

the gist is this:

there are 2 people - A and B.

A has a WP account and writes a post there, then links that in a post on the #fediverse.

B who simply clicks on the link to view A's post is accessing content on WP.

WP has a privacy statement where it defines what users can expect which A agrees to by dint of having his own account.

B has signed or agreed to nothing.

My concern is for B's user data.

@DeShawnFranco

That's the crux. What is the treatment? Is it full Facebook/Google Stasi levels of spying and if not, where is it clearly stated what WP will do?

Given that the #fediverse is the antithesis of web 2.0 and they have just linked to it, surely WP took this into consideration.

@Callistobeast In case you've not seen it, this might be of interest: blog.rac.me.uk/2022/11/10/acti…

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@pfefferle @mattwiebe

two things i noticed on the still few blogs i’m following, maybe they’re still experimenting with the plugin but…

• from their websites i don’t see in evidence somewhere, something like a predefined ‘about’ page with the activitypub name and the like.

Mostly the discover happen when the owners share once their blog AP address from within a mastodon account, which in theory they don’t even have to have.

• if you try to comment a blog article from the website, would be cool to be presented with an option “comment /likefrom a fediverse account” that will popup the usual way

This is also a great option for subscribing to a blog you didn’t know that was on the fediverse

@onreact fyi: wordpress.org/plugins/webmenti…

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you can try my blog, but it's german @notiz.blog or matts @mattwiebe.blog or @alex or @jeremy

If you search for more #wordpress blogs, maybe this is a nice address fedidb.org/software/wordpress

@dokter this is indeed a good point. The plugin currently does not support a complete wipe out. It should be easy doable on WordPress.com but is really tricky on self installed versions.

Can you maybe file a GitHub issue for that?

Done. I hope in the future release it will implemented.
The only thing that concerns me is not installing the plug-in to my self-hosted WordPress due to this problem.

If in the future I have to move my host will it break my ActivityPub federation, comments on my blog, etc.

Since connection to ActivityPub is good and it will put a new breath to WordPress since the blog will be back as a blog since people can comment and discuss something not just a static site.

Noch wird mir da kein Profil angezeigt, aber es haben ja auch noch nicht alle eingeschaltet UND etwas gepostet.

Cool wäre es, wenn es einen Account gebe, der neue Blogs im Fediverse "begrüßt" - also meldet, wenn jemand das Feature anschaltet.

Bei mir läuft es übrigens unter @blog - self-hosted.