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by jefftk 1316 days ago
> if a reader screenshots my words -- name attached -- and brings that elsewhere

The author wasn't just objecting to screenshotting though, but to linking ("some people had cross-posted my Mastodon post into Twitter"). Which seems basically the same as boosting, which is (I think?) normal no-consent-needed Mastodon behavior?

(I wrote more as a post: https://www.jefftk.com/p/mastodon-linking-norms)