Slanted but accurate.
Neither Lemmy nor Reddit are private, they’re both publicly indexable (google et al).
On the other hand reddit goes to a lot of trouble to capture everything about you. Lemmy is not quite that greedy.
One is a for profit willing to do whatever it takes to make a buck. The other is FOSS and run by volunteers.
I think it’s pretty clear which is the greater threat.
Reading the thread makes me want to vomit, I can’t take all these agenda their talking about. As long as you’re on the internet. You’re not safe, until you’ve made some appropriate measures to cover your internet footprint.
More fud from the internet.
Im not saying it’s true or not, but what’s the difference? Reddit’s privacy policy wasn’t great either.
Hi. I’m commenting here because I’m not sure this deserves its own post.
Lately on reddit, lemmy and kbin have been mentioned more as reddit alternatives. While that may be a good thing (free advertising is good, at least), I’ve seen more than a few people say (unevoqually, imho) that A) lemmy/kbin is bad for privacy and B) they collect data. I’ve read kbin’s privacy policy as well as the devs’ responses on github, but is there any other links I can point them to?
It’s incredibly frustrating, tbh. It feels like they’re out to discredit lemmy and kbin. I’ve answered a few myself, but there’s much more out there. They don’t even give a reason. They usually just say “lemmy is terrible for privacy” or “lemmy collects your data.” No links, no whatever.
Edit: my last reddit account is going to seem like a lenny marketer if this doesn’t stop lol.
Gaslighting. The internets favorite buzzworx that exactly describes this behavior.
You cannot win an argument with liars or the ignorant.
That’s true. I should stop getting triggered by those. But still, more ammo would be nice. At the very least other people would see the evidence and won’t listen to them.
Sometimes people need more evidence to see the truth. Most of the time people do not have the emotional or educational scaffolding to even understand the evidence. If those people were capable of empathy they would not need to rely on an authority figure to tell them what to think.
If you post something on the internet, there should be no expectation that it won’t be preserved for an arbitrary length of time. Same as how you can’t legally claim that you expect privacy while in public
This. Everyone needs to be mindful about what they post. You are communicating with real human beings afterall, with their own life history and memory.
So be kind and give up the fantasy you can reverse your actions.
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