Is there such a thing for lemmy? I’ve noticed some… Overzealous moderation on lemmy, which annoys me to no end. I want to read the comments naturally, and not just what the power mods (yes, they are here too) deem acceptable.

  • Annoyed_🦀
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    119 months ago

    Yes but that would kinda be bad for privacy. Fediverse is already pretty bad at it and i don’t want it to be worst.

    • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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      99 months ago

      I mean it’s social media, on the internet. Does anyone really have any expectation of privacy?

      • Annoyed_🦀
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        9 months ago

        Yes. Tell that to EU’s GDPR if you disagree. If someone want to delete something they pretty much should have the right to erase that from the database. Making it available again will defeat the purpose.

        We shit on reddit when they refused to delete our comment, seems like everyone already forget about it.

        • Atemu
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          79 months ago

          Under the GDPR, they have the right to delete their name and other personal data from the database, not their content.

          Some exceptions apply such as if they wrote their name or other personal details into their comment. Those parts would be covered by the GDRP but that’s indeed exceptional, not the norm.

          The comments we write here are “only” protected by copyright.
          How exactly that manifests? Who knows. It’s the same as IRC logs or mailing lists archives. A quick not at all exchaustive search revealed no relevant legal cases.

          • @[email protected]
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            29 months ago

            This isn’t really true. GDPR is mostly about private and personally identifiable information. If you broadcast something publicly (which is basically what happens whenever you post or comment on Lemmy) you have very little protections. Even if you do have enough protection to get people do delete it you would have to go to each “archive” one-by-one.

            Basically if you post it on Lemmy you should treat it as public forever. Just like just about any other public space on the internet.

      • @[email protected]
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        There’s a good reason Discord stopped letting moderators hang on to people’s deleted pictures actually LOL

        Not that you should ever under any circumstances “hand it to” Discord