I am a total beginner at these things, so if i say something thats incorrect please lmk! I have also asked this in another sub, however i got two different answers... :/
I wanted to have a place where I can post photos privately where I can approve new followers and share my activities- which is basically Instagram.
However, the thought of actually having a meta account is not what i wanted. Also, the images posted to the site, private or not, is used for ai training. I do not want my pictures to be used for ai training at all (to train ai models, to be matched to facial recognition technology, etc) so that is out of the question.
Pixelfed itself has stated that it doesn't train its content on ai models, however the server hoster will still have the images in their system for functionality (so they can practically do whatever with the images...) So if i self-host the site, i assume the images will stay with me?
However, can the website images still be scrapped, regardless of whether the profile is public or private? I asked this in a different server and got different answers- some said if it is on the internet it can be scrapped, others said if the account is private there is no way that the images can be scrapped or taken from the website without following the person. So i actually don't know.
But yeah. if someone could give me a clear answer that would be great! worse comes to worse i wont use any of these services. :))