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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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[–] HorseFD@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (14 children)

So just to clarify this point:

Anything remains visible on federated servers!

If I delete a comment on beehaw.org, it doesn't get deleted when accessed from another Lemmy instance that federates with Beehaw?

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[–] agitatedpotato@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Am I missing something or isnt it that no matter what Lemmy does all those same problems would still exist, just from the internet archival sites instead. Sure the privacy could be better to deter some of it, but none of those issues are fully solveable so long as thise archival sites run. I guess the media not deleting is likely the biggest thing you could effect that archives would be less likely to store in the first place.

@elbowmacaroni if instead of linking to the post you had boosted it, would all the replies here appear in beehaw?

[–] Plume@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Eww. Well, there is a reason why I try and be extremely careful about what I post nowadays. Don't want to regret dumb shit I said in the future.

[–] MoshBit@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

As a life long anarchist, I personally find raddle to be a fucking embarrassment. The elitist bullshit is right up there with other political anarchist sites like anarchist news; they're all a fucking shit show and shows why anarchists will never accomplish anything.

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[–] Senseibu@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is a feature, well the media aspect anyway. Immutable media. The rest can be developed on.

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[–] mainfrog@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Deleted comments remain on the server but hidden to non-admins, the username remains visible

This is a negative behavior by Lemmy, in my opinion. Deleted comments should be purged after some time. Tildes does the same thing - I think with 30 days?

Deleted account usernames remain visible too

These should be replaced with some random string of characters or something like DeleteUser or something.

Anything remains visible on federated servers!

This is just a concession of federation.

When you delete your account, media does not get deleted on any server

This is an issue, too, in my opinion.

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[–] Kushi@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a link to Raddle.me, what does this have to do with Mastodon?

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[–] phillycodehound@geddit.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's a work in progress.

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