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@atomicpoet @fediversenews I'm not sure if this qualifies as "opt-in" when anyone who writes "fuck tootfinder" in their profile is treated as having "opted in"... It really needs to be based on *following an account*.

@dalias @atomicpoet @fediversenews You both have to add the keyword to your profile and submit your username to the index.

@sashafox @atomicpoet @fediversenews Anyone can do the latter. Not just "you".

@dalias @atomicpoet @fediversenews You're the only one who can add it to your profile.

@sashafox @atomicpoet @fediversenews See above.

@dalias @atomicpoet @fediversenews You should replace one of the o's with a * or a 0 if you want to add the keyword to your profile but not be added.

Since there's something you specifically have to choose to add to your profile in order to opt in, you can just like, choose not to add the exact letters that would do that.

I mean, the only downside is that people wouldn't be able to find it by searching for it: if you used a * or an 0. But that isn't a problem, because that's what you're specifically looking for.

@sashafox @atomicpoet @fediversenews Hijacking words like this is not nice behavior. Isn't one of them just "searchable"?

@dalias @sashafox @atomicpoet @fediversenews

from http://tootfinder.ch/index.php?join=1

"Join the index (step 1)

You need first to manifest your consent in your profile. Place the magic word anywhere in your profile

Join the index (step 2)

Submit us your full username."

even if 'searchable' is in your profile its not going to index you unless you go to the site and type your username into the website. The implementation of consent here is totally fine

@sam @sashafox @atomicpoet @fediversenews "even if 'searchable' is in your profile its not going to index you unless you go to the site and type your username into the website." <- nope, unless any rando who wants to search your posts types in your username.

@dalias @sam @atomicpoet @fediversenews I would guess the advantage of using "searchable" is to have a generic one that other programmers can also use, so you don't have to put a different keyword in for every service you might want to use.

@sashafox @dalias @sam @atomicpoet @fediversenews It’s terrible. If it’s a real word it might be there by accident. If it’s a word shared between different search engines with different policies and you have that magic word, what’s to prevent someone *else* entering your username as permission for a search engine you don’t want to index your posts?

@MetalSamurai @sashafox @dalias @sam @atomicpoet @fediversenews
Any keyword/s should be marked as such to ensure innocent use isn't caught.
eg #searchable or %searchable, etc

@AlisonW @sashafox @dalias @sam @atomicpoet @fediversenews This stuff shouldn’t be in the bio AT ALL. It’s repurposing a free text field that’s intended for humans, not bots. If it really has to be on your profile, then one of the Metadata tags could be used to list the search/index engines you’ve opted in to. I still don’t like it.