It doesn’t take a genius to realize that a long-running account on any platform can easily be used to build a profile of someone.
Since many discussions on Lemmy and other platforms can often cause someone to write about their job, family, hobbies, where they live (city/community), etc., there’s a lot of concern about non-private post history being used against someone.
Other than using fake names, throwaway emails, etc. are there any other best practices for handling this?
Should we be creating new accounts/profiles every once in a while?
This is a very important topic, which I have thought a lot since I started with Reddit years ago. Personally, I try to be mindful what I post and only say things I also would say in RL. But it is clear that one get a very good idea about the personality of someone from all the posts (and likes). For me I decided that sometimes you need to stand to your values and world views. Even if this might be negative for you.