@alice @evan How hard would it be to make this "service" opt in only? It would still be able to perform the stated intended function and prevent this unnecessary collateral damage.
The owner's unwillingness to do this makes it seem like some kind of content or info scraping scam.
If people are uncomfortable with it then don't do it. You're only pissing people off by continuing to go down your current path. Why do that?
@Darkasvim @alice @evan He's probably too lazy to get a large enough user base the right way (opt in) for what ever he's doing this for.
All platform bridge bots etc require that you follow them to participate in their function, it's a long established practice.
@Darkasvim In his comments, their owner shows absolutely no sense for empathic behaviour ... (even not for legal requirements for consent in the EU which has opt-in even for tracking).
And he names 3 bot instances (how much more will he have?). Blocked them.
@alice @evan@cosocial.ca