▲ 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
[–] KitemanHellYeah@lemm.ee 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) In general I think we should go back to separating personal identities from internet identities on discussion forums like these. There are already platforms for promoting your personal identity that are way better than these types of forums permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) I completely agree. I'd add that. in general I wouldn't put any type of personal information on the internet, no social media site, is really private. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago The line gets a little blurry if you start posting into a geographical community though. Sometimes it’s hard to stay 100% anonymous permalink fedilink source parent [–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I was rather peeved I had to give an email to create an account on Lemmy. It shouldn't be needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fedi@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) I completely agree. I'd add that. in general I wouldn't put any type of personal information on the internet, no social media site, is really private. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago The line gets a little blurry if you start posting into a geographical community though. Sometimes it’s hard to stay 100% anonymous permalink fedilink source parent [–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I was rather peeved I had to give an email to create an account on Lemmy. It shouldn't be needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fedi@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago The line gets a little blurry if you start posting into a geographical community though. Sometimes it’s hard to stay 100% anonymous permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I was rather peeved I had to give an email to create an account on Lemmy. It shouldn't be needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fedi@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fedi@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening. permalink fedilink source parent