Still sad about this - not because I shut down my project, but more because of how people can be. I was labeled as a "tech bro asshole.". Time has passed, and I guess I'm ready to talk about it now.
Public Firehose Project Shutters After Backlash https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/fedionfire-shutdown via 
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@rolleRoni Laukkarinen @newsWe Distribute
"Unfortunately, part of the Fediverse community viewed the project in a bad light, casting assumptions that FediOnFire was violating user consent, scraping instances, and storing user data."
FFS it's a public network
But this type of hysteria is typical of the audience that Mastodon attracts
Lie down with urban liberal consumerists, get up with fleas
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