Comment on [PSA] Lemmy account deletion is a mess

deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• bonjour@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Great info, thanks for clueing me in.

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  • Itsapersonn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is that supposed to be sarcasm?

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    • bonjour@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes. I know it would be good practice to mark it, but that would just ruin it for myself. I hope clarifying on request is sufficient. Wish you a nice day.

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      • shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Wish you a nice day.

        … was that sarcastic?

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• commander@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  OP does have a point.

  This isn’t really helpful.

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My point is how could you ever count on deletion when the content is being federated?

    Even if Lemmy devs made account deletion easy and cascade deletes your content, all it takes is one server run by an archivist and that content is never going away.

    It seems inherently unfixable in a federated system, like trying to unsend an email.

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    • kat@orbi.camp ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Eh, I rather things be deleted from mainstream instance at least. Don’t gotta be all or nothing to improve the current experience.

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is such a goofy take. Yes, obviously you can never be 100% there isn’t some copy or archive laying somewhere, but wanting it to be deleted for 99% of the ways people would find it is reasonable.

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