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by eddd-ddde 809 days ago
I don't think there's anything left for you to consent once you decide to post on a public forum. If I can read your post and guess your mental state so can any other bot.
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If you park your car on the side of the road, that also doesn't allow anyone to do with it what they please

If you write an article and post it on your blog, people can't just come along and take the text verbatim

If you license your blog as public domain, then someone takes the content and does something objectionable with it, you can (in many countries) still make use of moral rights if you'd wish to correct the situation

If I post something publicly on a forum, I'm well aware I may have agreed or consented (depending on the forum) to terms that allow this type of processing, but that is not the default. There exist restrictions, both legally and morally (some legal ones are even called moral rights and are inalienable). Hence my question how this plugin handles extending the allowed data processing to cover taking the content and making automated decisions and claims that may or may not be accurate. I would not be comfortable with that being an automated behind-the-scenes process flagging my posts as good or bad towards the moderators, since they likely won't care to read back hundreds of comments and see whether the computer did a good job