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How old are you? (lemmy.world)

Just curious as to what is the average age here. I'm 27 myself.

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[-] mim 34 points 1 year ago

I didn't join the fediverse to have my data harvested.

[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

And it's just a best practice to never reveal personal details online.

[-] Dudwithacake@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

It's even better to lie once in a while. Bonus: lie about the same thing multiple times with conflicting details. My online presence in other spaces mention both a wife and boyfriend back-to-back lol

[-] mim 3 points 1 year ago

Now we know you're lying about that.

Or do we? You might be poly.

[-] disposabletentacle@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

both a wife and boyfriend

But where is the conflicting detail?

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Do you actually have your Lemmy account set up in a way that knowing your age would actually provide any amount of useful data to anyone?

[-] mim 3 points 1 year ago

Not at the moment.

But as an account ages, you might leak more and more info about yourself, (e.g. IP addresses, interests based on what you post about, etc). If you then add on a personal detail like age, someone with bad intentions might be able to narrow down who you might be.

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