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
  • QuestioningEspecialy
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    31 year ago

    My rule is, never post anything you wouldn’t mind the media tracing back to you IRL and then making the top story of the day in your country.

    So don’t live, basically.
    Or you can just maintain anonymity as best as you reasonably can and hope no one goes out of their way to identify you or the account(s). Making a new account after awhile is a safe practice. The goal is to decrease the likelihood of undesirable things, not make them impossible.

    • Sabzhero
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      71 year ago

      Odd response, you can still “live” without documenting your activities. Were people not living pre-Facebook/Instagram?