-discussion. At this time, I tend to boycot those online web services that make it
-intentionally hard bulk access to data created collaboratively by their users.
-Examples of such badly behaving sites are [[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and
-[[http://flickr.com | Flickr]]: both have been created by us, but try downloading
-substantial portions of their data, if you can. On the other end of the spectrum,
-the [[http://wikipedia.org | Wikipedia]] provides an interface to dump the
-entire database, including the history of edits. This is what we should demand
-from any online resource built collaboratively.
-
-My current personal policy is to use those non-reciprocal services in read-only
-mode, avoiding to help them collect even more information from me.
-
-Call me a fundamentalist for going through these hoops, but I believe I'm
-acting in my best personal interest. I //do// care about my meta-self, and you?
+debate. At this time, I avoid web services that disallow bulk access to data created
+collaboratively by their users. An examples of such badly behaved site is
+[[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and [[http://flickr.com | Flickr]]: both have been
+created with data provided by users, but access to this data is only possible through
+the service, and bulk downloading is not allowed. On the other end of the spectrum,
+[[http://wikipedia.org | Wikipedia]] provides an interface to dump the entire database,
+including the edit history. This is what we should demand from any online resource
+built collaboratively.
+
+When choosing where to host your data, take into account this important freedom.
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