Just curious as to what is the average age here. I'm 27 myself.

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[–] 30 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I didn't join the fediverse to have my data harvested.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And it's just a best practice to never reveal personal details online.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's even better to lie once in a while. Bonus: lie about the same thing multiple times with conflicting details. My online presence in other spaces mention both a wife and boyfriend back-to-back lol

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Do you actually have your Lemmy account set up in a way that knowing your age would actually provide any amount of useful data to anyone?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Not at the moment.

    But as an account ages, you might leak more and more info about yourself, (e.g. IP addresses, interests based on what you post about, etc). If you then add on a personal detail like age, someone with bad intentions might be able to narrow down who you might be.

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