▲ 658 ▼ The 4 best Reddit alternatives: Top picks to replace your subreddits - Lemmy is listed first! (www.androidpolice.com) submitted 2 years ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) You're always free to spin up your own server and host it if you're concerned about the way your data is being handled. Not something you can do with the corporate alternatives permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) But as soon as you interact with literally anyone (or anyone interacts with you) your data is still replicated on other servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Your posts are all public and discoverable by web crawlers even if your instance didn’t federate at all. That’s kind of the point of activityPUB permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) How about private messages which are also unencrypted? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) ActivityPub does not have support for private messages. Services that try to shoehorn a direct message as "private" are misusing the protocol. You could configure client-side encryption but thats outside the scope of ActivityPub permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago That's true, but neither the article nor the discussion are about ActivityPub. Both are specifically about Lemmy, and Lemmy does have private messages. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hubi@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) No personally identifiable information or private account information is transmitted between instances. The only thing that is synced is the content of your posts, reports and up- and downvotes. And all of that serves a purpose and is shared willingly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago And the content of private messages. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And only post on your own instance and talk with users of your own instance... Might as well just send emails to your friends at that point... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Emails also go to other's servers. But you could just host an IRC server. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) But as soon as you interact with literally anyone (or anyone interacts with you) your data is still replicated on other servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Your posts are all public and discoverable by web crawlers even if your instance didn’t federate at all. That’s kind of the point of activityPUB permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) How about private messages which are also unencrypted? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) ActivityPub does not have support for private messages. Services that try to shoehorn a direct message as "private" are misusing the protocol. You could configure client-side encryption but thats outside the scope of ActivityPub permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago That's true, but neither the article nor the discussion are about ActivityPub. Both are specifically about Lemmy, and Lemmy does have private messages. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hubi@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) No personally identifiable information or private account information is transmitted between instances. The only thing that is synced is the content of your posts, reports and up- and downvotes. And all of that serves a purpose and is shared willingly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago And the content of private messages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Your posts are all public and discoverable by web crawlers even if your instance didn’t federate at all. That’s kind of the point of activityPUB permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) How about private messages which are also unencrypted? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) ActivityPub does not have support for private messages. Services that try to shoehorn a direct message as "private" are misusing the protocol. You could configure client-side encryption but thats outside the scope of ActivityPub permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago That's true, but neither the article nor the discussion are about ActivityPub. Both are specifically about Lemmy, and Lemmy does have private messages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) How about private messages which are also unencrypted? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) ActivityPub does not have support for private messages. Services that try to shoehorn a direct message as "private" are misusing the protocol. You could configure client-side encryption but thats outside the scope of ActivityPub permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago That's true, but neither the article nor the discussion are about ActivityPub. Both are specifically about Lemmy, and Lemmy does have private messages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) ActivityPub does not have support for private messages. Services that try to shoehorn a direct message as "private" are misusing the protocol. You could configure client-side encryption but thats outside the scope of ActivityPub permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago That's true, but neither the article nor the discussion are about ActivityPub. Both are specifically about Lemmy, and Lemmy does have private messages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago That's true, but neither the article nor the discussion are about ActivityPub. Both are specifically about Lemmy, and Lemmy does have private messages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hubi@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) No personally identifiable information or private account information is transmitted between instances. The only thing that is synced is the content of your posts, reports and up- and downvotes. And all of that serves a purpose and is shared willingly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago And the content of private messages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago And the content of private messages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And only post on your own instance and talk with users of your own instance... Might as well just send emails to your friends at that point... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Emails also go to other's servers. But you could just host an IRC server. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Emails also go to other's servers. But you could just host an IRC server. permalink fedilink source parent