[PSA] Lemmy account deletion is a mess
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The fediverse is inherently a place where it's a lot harder to delete anything than on non-federated platforms. It always will be because everything you post here is instantly copied to hundreds (if not thousands) of other servers. Some of them may be actively hostile and intentionally not respect deletions. Some of them may just be misconfigured or for another non-malicious reason fail to delete things.
So don't post things on the fediverse that you think you might one day regret.
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Can you guys read?
Holy moly, this place seems to have gotten worse in the last two months lol.
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That an account deletion on, say, lemm.ee does not get federated with anybody at all was kind of unexpected to me, i thought this might be interesting for others as well.
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I just read your entire post, so don't know what the fuck you are on about my reading comprehension.
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I do the same (though I have automated the process). I'm thinking of also undoing any votes just in case.
Edit+delete doesn't remove content when servers defederate each other, unfortunately. I suspect this can be fixed if you control the Lemmy server your account is hosted on, but I haven't bothered exploring that yet.
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So don't post things on the fediverse that you think you might one day regret.
I think they meant this as general advice for all lemmings and not your particular post, which btw is very much appreciated.
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OP does have a point.
This isn't really helpful.
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I don't know what you're talking about, but lemmy.world definitely does not condone what you're saying.
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Yeah, although in my mind it's pretty much always been like this.
People on the internet are eager to say "something" even if it doesn't actually address the issue at hand.
It's sad, but it gets easier to deal with once we stop expecting more.
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Oooo is this automatic process something that's easy to replicate?
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The problem isn't in the system, but in your expectations.
You're starting with a wrong assumption that things publicly available on the internet can simply be deleted. That's not how any of this works.Maybe that's our fault. Maybe we weren't clear enough back when you started using the internets. But It's true, deleting things online is very difficult. You shouldn't ever expect it to be simple or easy.
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I wish a had the patience to go through my post history and link you the countless discussions there I've had with those types of people there.
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At least my point got through to one of my fellow "dimwits/homophobes/transphobes/racists" between all the braindead lemmy.world dunking and other Einstein takes. Thank you
Opening this topic was a great reminder why i did not want to have a presence on lemmy anymore though, haha.
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Don't you think that's shifting the goalpost a bit? OP isn't talking about something being archived they're talking about a piece of content on social media still directly linking to that username.
Deleting things in as many places as possible making it harder to access is still a net positive.
It's about as much of a part or mechanic of Lemmy as posting is.
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Don’t you think that’s shifting the goalpost a bit? OP isn’t talking about something being archived they’re talking about a piece of content on social media still directly linking to that username.
What goal post? There is no actual, technical, difference, between archive and active. As soon as a post is made, it's old, and part of the accessible archive of past posts and accounts.
A basic reality from the beginning of the internet, is that you once you make something publicly available, it's out there. You can't really ever take it back. It's just a fundamental principal of how the internet works. A lot of people seem to forget that.
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Out of curiosity: What's a reason to delete all the content? I don't want to imply you shouldn't be able to do so... But I often find it very annoying when people delete large quantities of stuff. Because that also deletes the comments I made, which took me time to write. It deletes my bookmarks. And sometimes people regularly wipe their history which removes technical questions along with the correct answers and other material that might prove useful to other people, if it weren't deleted...
I'd like to understand the perspectives and two sides of that coin.
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Hello Mr. Internet,
do you think that the expected behaviour of the lemmy software would be that account deletions do not get federated whatsoever?
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Is that supposed to be sarcasm?
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Because i was bummed out on lemmy and i just did not want to have a presence here anymore. And honestly this topic feels like a reminder to delete my account again, haha. But i won't, so that maybe one, two other people may delete their accounts better than me.
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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.
