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I'm going to be THAT guy and point out that while Piefed and Lemmy instances have much better incentive structures to be good to their users they are very much NOT private and on the default instance setup nearly all data collected is publicly available.
EDIT: Many people in this comment section don't seem to be understanding that "Lemmy" is not one website like Reddit. Each instance is it's own thing entirely and there is ZERO guarantee than a given instance isn't using hidden trackers. This is NOT a defense of Reddit or a criticim of Lemmy software which is very good. But it is a fact and you should be wary of the motivations of anyone claiming that "Lemmy" is private or similar.
Reddit:
Lemmy/Piefed:
Privacy is a spectrum. But when 99.99% of userdata is publicly available no responsible person could call that service "private".
Privacy is a spectrum. There's always a level of privacy you're going to give away when posting or interacting on an Internet forum.
The levels of privacy that Reddit and Lemmy/PieFed offer are vastly different, for reasons I stated above. Saying that they are not private is just going to deter potential new joiners to give them a try.
I mod this community, as I told you yesterday (https://lemmy.zip/post/48357775/21510824 ), but thank you for another bad faith example.
Edit: https://lemmy.zip/modlog?userId=18312344
Yesterday I caught you spreading disinformation to promote a for-profit social media company. Today you're here with disinformation about Lemmy.
People can read that thread and make their own opinions about our exchanges
https://lemmy.zip/post/48357775/21510389
I have 5 posts on this community's home page. Maybe you're the one following me around
"Teach the debate" right. The facts are the facts no matter what you feel about them. Please leave me alone.
https://lemmy.zip/modlog?userId=18312344
A power tripping mod is irrelevant to the fact that you knowingly continue to spread disinformation promoting a for profit social media company.
Do not reply to me ever again or I will report you for harassment.
If you don't want him to keep replying, try disengaging
Users on my instance are not responsible for the behavior of others.