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DrinkHumblyDumbly t1_j94yjpn wrote

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The lack of information/usage policy on the site scares me even more. Either it’s a hobby project, which doesn’t inspire much confidence in their being responsible with data, or something more nefarious.

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datahoarderx2018 t1_j95bjjd wrote

True.

Although to be fair sometimes these start out as small hobby projects and then get more professional. I don’t think https://Palette.fm had a full privacy policy in the beginning but now the guy that runs it does the thing full time It seems (and was a Google engineer previously).

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DrinkHumblyDumbly t1_j962fbh wrote

Thank you for pointing that out.

I want to amend and clarify what I said. I didn’t mean that hobby projects necessarily mean they’re irresponsible, many things do start out as such and I didn’t mean to discourage that.

It’s more that hobby projects that don’t have basic information like source code, how to contact them for feedback, could be dangerous.

Esp now when the entry level to these is much lower, which is great but I think both hobbyists, developers and users should be encouraged to think more about what they putting out and/or utilizing.

For example, the training datasets could be labeled by outsourced severely underpaid/compensated workers from developing countries. When there are more hobby projects like this popping up and starting to turn into a business, it may encourage more of such controversial activities.

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datahoarderx2018 t1_j9899n0 wrote

I understand and share your cautioning. I literally reach out to these small projects devs and ask them about what & how they store it.

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