Is there a tried and true method to delete a Lemmy account?locked
Looking to leave Lemmy and I’d like to erase my presence here if possible, can this be done? I’ve looked into it and from what I’ve seen, the suggested method is to just not post any more. Which is easy enough, but will I have to manually remove ALL content for all of my accounts in other to remove myself entirely from here?
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The decentralization aspect of Lemmy is intended to reduce censorship instead of privacy or ephemerality of information.
The best thing you could do to accomplish what you wish is to edit your comments to instead read "Deleted". It's not perfect because changes may propogate slowly or not at all to some servers.
A script may be there to do this automatically but I haven't looked.
Like any public forum, either take ownership of what you say or don't say it.
It’s not about ownership. I don’t care much about that at all. It’s just that this place isn’t what I thought it would be and I don’t want to have had participated in it at all.
Think of it as a ceremonial thing. Burn the bridges so to speak.
Alright, I'm not here to judge your motivations for leaving, so I wish you the best in the search of a community that better fits your needs. I hope my answer was useful to you.
I appreciate that. Seems the general consensus is negative for my even asking such a thing- which is pretty much my reason for leaving. You’re and the few like you are the exception to the rule, but it’s really the arrogance and childish behavior of the hive-mind here that I’m wanting to leave.
I originally kept that to myself as I didn’t want to make waves and I didn’t think it was important, but take a look at how much shit I’m getting for simply asking a question.
I feel pretty similar, have you found a different site you think you'll like better?
Not really. I lurk in Reddit for some of the game-related content I need, and just get news from Reuters and such.
Sadly, everything is so polarized now that it’s impossible to find a comfortable place for voice of reason-based content without either being yelled at, called names, or flat out banned for disagreeing with the hive.
Man you’ve been arguing all throughout your post history and calling people names. While also being super antagonistic in how you engage discourse. Then this haughty post about deleting your account and wanting the related post gone as well. Why not just leave the account? If you don’t care who reads the posts and it’s nothing more than some symbolic bridge burning; I would have thought you’d just leave once you realise it would be a headache.
The next place you go to I hope you examine your own posting and language you use if you’re going to leave websites citing polarised politics and how toxic the discourse is. If you end up keeping on, block specifically political instances (and any instance you don’t care for its politics) and learn to leave a discussion when it descends into name calling/flaming. Internet based discourse is nearly always a waste of time for politics. You’re talking to people through screens; few of whom will feel any obligation to be civil because of that fact alone.
Point it out to me an instance where I was antagonistic where I wasn’t just defending myself from others attacking me?
This is exactly my point. You say something/ask a question, then people insult/ridicule, then you defend/explain yourself and become the villain to their victim.
It’s pathetic.
Bye, see you soon!
Thanks for illustrating my reasons.
I have something to tell you about the passage of time