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
Well, that is in a nutshell what I am arguing. I’m not inherently against the ability to delete things, as it can be quite useful as a quick means to say “I take this back”, or “this information I shared is wrong, so I’m removing it” (although in that case I would opt to use an edit). Even “I’m embarrassed about this, so I don’t want more people to look at it” is a good enough reason that I would respect, and for which I would delete the thing if it was in my possession. Essentially, I just don’t think it should be treated as a privacy issue, because that might give a lot of people the wrong idea.
Ok, so I guess it’s a semantics issue then.
Thank you for a more productive conversation than any of the one I’ve had on twitter. Take care.
Wholesome award 🐻