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Bridgy doesn’t scrape anything. It works the same as any other ActivityPub instance, the only difference is that it converts some JSON from one format to another.
It also converts edit and deletion events, so in your scenario it would relay that you want your poem or photo deleted.
This isn’t a web scrapper that reposts content like all the bots reposting Reddit threads to Lemmy. This is a protocol translator between federated networks that speak different languages.
You know that it is comically easy to scrape stuff off of the fediverse, right?
I'd wager the vast majority of instances aren't utilizing any meaningful rate limits, and even if there are rate limits, just distribute your scraping across several instances.
Or just set up your own new instance and subscribe to literally everything you can find. You don't even have to scrape, it gets pushed to you!
If you are worried about scraping, use Facebook. Facebook has teams of people who combat bot/scraper activity.