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Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me)

submitted 1 year ago by elbowmacaroni@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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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[-] KitemanHellYeah@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

In general I think we should go back to separating personal identities from internet identities on discussion forums like these. There are already platforms for promoting your personal identity that are way better than these types of forums

[-] retronautickz@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I completely agree. I'd add that. in general I wouldn't put any type of personal information on the internet, no social media site, is really private.

[-] Hexorg@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

The line gets a little blurry if you start posting into a geographical community though. Sometimes it’s hard to stay 100% anonymous

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I was rather peeved I had to give an email to create an account on Lemmy. It shouldn't be needed.

[-] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not.

[-] fedi@geddit.social 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening.