Lemmy.World Announcements randomperson • 1y ago • 63%

[PSA] Beware of attaching any remotely sensitive data to Lemmy posts as you will immediately lose control over them [BUSTED]

~~I was trying to add my first post but after I attached an image file I noticed it got automatically uploaded to ghostarchive.org, archive.org and archive.today even before making the actual post. There is also no warning about that anywhere to be seen. I think this is major privacy concern especially that user has no control to delete that image from abovementioned services. What if you mistakenly pick private image to upload when creating post? You can remove it from Lemmy to correct it but it’s already outside of your control. Long story short: you completely lose control over any image you attach when trying to create Lemmy post.~~ edit: uploaded a screenshot (sorry it's in Polish) + that's the link you get when you click on 'archive.org' - https://web.archive.org/web/20230614181328/https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a307f984-4d30-4f45-813f-cbedfe1b596d.png edit2: big thanks to @sunasaurus for explanation https://lemmy.world/comment/180906

Lemmy.World Announcements randomperson • 1y ago • 89%

Let's talk about disadvantages of Lemmy

First of all I am super happy that such alternative exists but it's far from perfect due to many reasons and this is why I think it's not ready yet to absorb the influx of reddit users because many of them will just bounce off when they realize it. My biggest gripes so far: - Users are unable to block whole instances hence you either need to register with instance that already blocks unwanted instances (which is not perfect because it might block also those that you don't want to be blocked) or you need to block manually every single community there or you will be exposed to lemmygrad or other tankie instances. That's so basic feature I can't find any logical reasons that was not a thing since day 1. - Lemmy is one of the least privacy friendly (unless you just use throwaways and disposable mail like you should) service I have ever stumbled upon and while it’s partially due to how federation works it’s just a fact that even reddit did that better because it was way easier to nuke your account and all traces (including nicknames in deleted comments, which is not a case on lemmy). - There is no possibility to migrate or backup your subscribed/favorited stuff or even move it to another instance (which somehow is possible on Mastodon), so you basically have to trust that your instance won’t disappear overnight. Obviously any site can disappear, centralized or not but there are bigger chances that some random Joe will decide to close instance without saying anything than reddit closing down overnight without letting you copy your stuff. That’s even more annyoing if you consider that instance admin can restrict you from viewing instances they don’t like, hence you would need to create account on another instance and resubscribe to anything manually which is far from perfect. What are your views on that for the time being?