▲ 157 ▼ Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me) submitted 3 years ago by elbowmacaroni@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 282 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Use a pseudonym that you don’t use anywhere else and don’t dox yourself in your posts or comments permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 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'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago That's a great idea permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maeve@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 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'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago That's a great idea permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 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'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago That's a great idea permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 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'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago That's a great idea permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maeve@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent