But what the FAA guys says is utter rubbish. But being the guy with the badge, but the FAA guys is saying "The law is what I/we say it is". And here is the logical rebuttal for his/their nonsensical position:
Can you take photographs as a hobbiest from your pocket camera or even from your drone without flight? Of course.
Can you take those photos and post them on your social media page without ANY commercial intent? Of course.
But were you to do the same thing with your drone, turn the camera on, take photo or video of a family event, or butterflies mating or whatever, post it on your media page.... that makes it Part 107?
There seems to be a major disconnect here.
And then the dude goes on to say something that totally rebuts his previous statement; that anything that promotes "furtherance of a business" is Part 107. I wasn't aware that posting stuff on FaceBook or YouTube or Instagram without any real business implication could be furtherance thereof. It seems existential in nature; that if there is no business, how could there be any furtherance of same of something that doesn't exist???
So much more that can be said.