▲ -4 ▼ How old are you? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by WololoWarrior@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments Just curious as to what is the average age here. I'm 27 myself.
[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 3 years ago (2 children) I didn't join the fediverse to have my data harvested. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) And it's just a best practice to never reveal personal details online. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dudwithacake@kbin.social 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] disposabletentacle@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago both a wife and boyfriend But where is the conflicting detail? permalink fedilink source parent [–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago Now we know you're lying about that. Or do we? You might be poly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) And it's just a best practice to never reveal personal details online. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dudwithacake@kbin.social 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] disposabletentacle@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago both a wife and boyfriend But where is the conflicting detail? permalink fedilink source parent [–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago Now we know you're lying about that. Or do we? You might be poly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dudwithacake@kbin.social 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] disposabletentacle@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago both a wife and boyfriend But where is the conflicting detail? permalink fedilink source parent [–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago Now we know you're lying about that. Or do we? You might be poly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] disposabletentacle@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago both a wife and boyfriend But where is the conflicting detail? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago Now we know you're lying about that. Or do we? You might be poly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 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. permalink fedilink source parent