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The admin of the Mastodon instance cyberspace.social just received an AI powered notice to delete the parody account @microsoft@lea.pet

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[–] g8phcon2@k.fe.derate.me 1 points 6 days ago

@Vittelius@feddit.org lol

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 191 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Microsoft is at this point made up entirely of technically inept people running fraudulent mechanical Turks.

[–] dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 27 points 3 weeks ago

After forced to switch to Microsoft teams, I became their PM and developers are alien origin.

Like, some of the logic doesn’t make any human sense. Like, LLM slop would’ve done better.

[–] Imperor@lemmy.world 135 points 3 weeks ago

Microsoft is such a horrid company.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 62 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

So, here's what I would do. I would comply (you should be able to delete the local instance of that account). But I'd also reply pointing out that it's a mirror of the real account hosted at lea.pet and their real beef is with them, and should that user interact with or generate content pushed to you, the local copy would be re-created.

Keep a copy of the email you send (because it's highly likely a human doesn't monitor that mailbox) and then move on with your life. If a real person then wants to complain you can just forward the email you sent and tell them the same still applies.

It's automated and the email indicates as such.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 47 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Why comply? As far as I'm aware there's no legal obligation to do so. They think they can just ask for things and get them. Fuck them.

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[–] enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 3 weeks ago

this is why niche stuff on fedi is so funny sometimes. especially when a corporate entity tried to approach it, in the most corporate way lol.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago

They don't really understand their user base either

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

The instance rules state;

3 . No impersonation of a person or a brand. Even parodies.

6 . Each username on here should be a person, not a brand or corporation - and that person must be you, no impersonation.

Now I'm not coming to the defense of a corporation because fuck corps but wouldn't this account violate those rules? Microsoft is a (shitty) brand and this is a parody of that.

I might be wrong but thats how I would interpret those two rules.

And again fuck microsoft, even if it does violate the instance rules it should be left alone just to piss of a shitty corp.

Edit: As TherapyGary pointed out, the instance they are on has no rule pertaining to parody accounts, My bad.

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 101 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

I believe the Microsoft account is hosted on Lea.pet, which doesn't have those rules

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

could be a rule break of number 9

are we sure on the English translation?

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@Una@europe.pub pls translate

[–] Una@europe.pub 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"Reject humanity emprace meow meow mrrrp :3"

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah I see, thanks ☺ Good kitty

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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

don’t harass people if there isn’t a valid reason for doing that

what a nothing rule lol, every harasser believes they are justified

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This rule is my favorite lol

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[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] gigachad@piefed.social 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do Not Interact (with us) lol

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[–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago

Some might argue it requires a terminal level of brain worms to understand what is being said with rule 8. But I for one find beauty in this exactly level and flavor of petty, and I come to the fediverse for it.

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fair point, I didn't know those rules weren't on lea.pet. That's on me I should have checked, my bad.

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[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 19 points 3 weeks ago

6 . Each username on here should be a person, not a brand or corporation - and that person must be you, no impersonation.

"I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!"

-Jay-Z regretting his words

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

You're making the same mistake Microsoft made

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It's not hosted on that instance. It's hosted at another instance. You're making the same mistake that the Microsoft bot AI did.

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[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

let them sue, parody is fair use. get that bag king

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

AI putting copyright troll lawyers out of jobs? Best use I’ve heard of yet.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Streisand effect in full swing too. I'm now following @Microsoft@lea.pet :)

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't get fediverse either. How do I follow that from a Lemmy app. The link dosnt work.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago

Lemmy doesn't support following people, you need a mastodon or Sharkey account for that. Check sharkey.world and mas.to

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 30 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

:D

Not that I have any sympathy for them but technically speaking, can we say "Microsoft does X" when it was just a "brand protection LLM"?
For sure they chose it to be an outward connection but are we really now stating that an LLM can represent a company? I feel like that's both "you are stupid for using LLMs that way" and empowering LLMs at the same time

[–] radiohead37@lemmy.world 73 points 3 weeks ago

They are the ones who configured the tool to be used this way. Yes, Microsoft did that.

[–] troed@fedia.io 43 points 3 weeks ago

You're always responsible for the actions of those that you choose to represent you. Regardless of how stupid they may be.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The phrasing is really weird too. Like I would understand if they were asserting their trademark, but saying it's an account they've lost access to?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They don’t even say they lost access. Lol they just say delete it. Fuck these assholes.

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[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (47 children)

Does Microsoft understand anything? At all? They suck at making software, they suck at making operating systems, they suck at making genAI, they suck at making game consoles, they're starting to suck at owning github, what don't they suck at? What part of their business is done better than anyone else? What end user experience is better on an MS product than anywhere else? They have a shittier alternative to literally everything and nothing truly good.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They rock at being the default. As much as I love LibreOffice MS office is probably the best office suite I've used too.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 26 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

I feel like this is going to become a problem with federation in the future. A Mastodon instance is hosting content outside of its control that may or may not comply with its internal policies or local law. Is that instance protected legally? Likely not.

It would likely be treated the same way as auto forwarding an email would be treated.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 weeks ago

thanks microsoft! i just followed the account!

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 19 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Look ma, my instance is being threatened! Proud to be on the instance of Mastodon CEO 🥹

Ok but fr, MS please don't shut down cyberplace.social I just switched to there like a few months ago.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lea.pet also got a c&d for @apple@lea.pet

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[–] m33@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago

Let's save this post for the next follow friday...

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