I don’t know of any document that explains “how Lemmy works”. From the official website and the Github page all it says is it’s a link aggregator and discussion platform that’s self hosted. Each instance can moderate itself and impose their own rules. Nowhere does it state that all profiles have to be public. The official site also states that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. All I ask for is privacy and I think that would align with what I’ve found on Lemmy’s official stance.
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RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nope. I agree that this information should not be publicly accessible, for privacy reasons. But no, this is not how Lemmy works. If you aren’t happy with it then this may not be the platform for you, as it doesn’t seem like this will change.
Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I agree, but thats not how Lemmy was programmed. I feel like Lemmy has other privacy issues, but its better than the alternative of Reddit.
whataboutshutup@discuss.online 1 year ago
I feel it should be public and connected to an account, but this account shouldn’t be connected to a person unless they explicitly wish so.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, I certainly don’t think anyone should be able to look at anyone else’s vote or comment history or anything. It nearly always leads to off-topic arguing. Perhaps simply allowing users to opt-out would suffice.