Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you?

elbowmacaroni@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org – 160 points – Warning: Lemmy doesn't care about your privacy, everything is tracked and stored forever, even if you delete it
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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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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.

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'.