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Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Federated services have always had privacy issues but I expected Lemmy would have the fewest, but it's visibly worse for privacy than even Reddit.

Deleted comments remain on the server but hidden to non-admins, the username remains visible

Deleted account usernames remain visible too

Anything remains visible on federated servers!

When you delete your account, media does not get deleted on any server

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. I had used reddit since 2010 and must have had close to a dozen accounts. I didn’t like too much info piling up under any one account. And I used a local city subreddit a lot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

same. it also helped to separate interests. each hobby/interest would get a different account, local stuff another account, maybe an "engage in politics" account or three (so I can log off and not get hateful replies at random hours of the day)

If I stick around I figure I'll do the same with lemmy. So far local content, angry debate, and niche hobbies haven't been a 'problem'.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's a great idea