Lemmy's Image Problem
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The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can't delete images.

Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.

  • @MaalusEnglish
    1•11 months ago

    I don’t care if they are mean. The app isn’t GDPR compliant. That’s what matters.

    • @CeeBeeEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      Fine, that’s what matters. Then ask them to implement it or write it yourself.

      And if they say no, then that’s your answer and Lemmy instances within the EU will need to move out of the EU or just shut down.

      • @MaalusEnglish
        0•11 months ago

        They can’t be in the EU or the US. That cuts like 99% of them off. That’s exactly my point - they don’t want to implement something that makes the app illegal with 99% of the userbase being from there.

        • @CeeBeeEnglish
          0•11 months ago

          Ok, then it’s time to jump to another platform

          • @MaalusEnglish
            0•11 months ago

            For an instance admin? Yeah, it probably would be a good time to not get screwed over. Or at least try to implement it themselves. Traffic blocking isn’t that problematic when location based