@dcent I'm afraid it is not that simple.
For every request from a search engine (already questionable), there are tons of other requests pretending to be search engines. I try my best, even with the contents in here being public, to stop automatic profiling of the accounts.
So, sorry, but no, I can't change robots.txt settings.
If you want to increase the visibility of your posts, I suggest linking them from other sources (webs, other social media, promoting your account in person, etc).
Hi @Administrator, I don't know if this is planned for GNUSocial v3 Settings, but would it be possible to allow search engines to find me in the interim? Currently the 'robots.txt' file is:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Would it be possible to add an "Allow" in there? Ie:
User-agent: *
Allow: /dcent
Disallow: /
It is important for people to be able to find my posts, moving forward. Also @lxo, I notice that you do a lot of public interest writing too and are on this instance, maybe you would like the same?
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@acorazado_propotkin Te agradezco, pero no conozco la realidad de allá como para hacer esas afirmaciones. Más bien es el convencimiento de que los intereses de quienes gobiernan nunca son los nuestros.
@acorazado_propotkin Ya, no es un tema fácil. Creo que, a día de hoy, la comunicación masiva se la pueden permitir básicamente quienes tienen poder económico y/o político, y claro, sus intereses no son los nuestros.
También veo que los intentos de crear proyectos que enfrenten este problema no suelen tener un gran apoyo popular.
You wrote:
> looking into publishing shortly, maybe even this week, an article about my legal struggles against banks' attempts to impose the use of tracking devices
I will be anticipating your work in this area. By "tracking devices" do you mean their closed-source apps? You will not be able to go far in my country without some billboard advertising about "loving" their app.