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Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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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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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Use a pseudonym that you don’t use anywhere else and don’t dox yourself in your posts or comments

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    a good habit is also regularly abandoning/deleting an account and starting from scratch. I went thru 6 reddit accounts over my 13 years there

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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'.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    “Average user.” Think Reddit, Facebook, having communities. I’m old enough that I was a first gen internet user. Like slow-ass 56k, and bbs in terminal and Apple with floppy floppies and point/click before Gates did his hoodoo.

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