Thoughts on this Reddit post claiming 'Lemmy doesn't care about privacy'?
Thoughts on this Reddit post claiming 'Lemmy doesn't care about privacy'?
Posted in r/privacy by u/ChanceHappening • 2,138 points and 283 comments
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Hi. I'm commenting here because I'm not sure this deserves its own post.
Lately on reddit, lemmy and kbin have been mentioned more as reddit alternatives. While that may be a good thing (free advertising is good, at least), I've seen more than a few people say (unevoqually, imho) that A) lemmy/kbin is bad for privacy and B) they collect data. I've read kbin's privacy policy as well as the devs' responses on github, but is there any other links I can point them to?
It's incredibly frustrating, tbh. It feels like they're out to discredit lemmy and kbin. I've answered a few myself, but there's much more out there. They don't even give a reason. They usually just say "lemmy is terrible for privacy" or "lemmy collects your data." No links, no whatever.
Edit: my last reddit account is going to seem like a lenny marketer if this doesn't stop lol.
Gaslighting. The internets favorite buzzworx that exactly describes this behavior.
You cannot win an argument with liars or the ignorant.
That's true. I should stop getting triggered by those. But still, more ammo would be nice. At the very least other people would see the evidence and won't listen to them.
Sometimes people need more evidence to see the truth. Most of the time people do not have the emotional or educational scaffolding to even understand the evidence. If those people were capable of empathy they would not need to rely on an authority figure to tell them what to think.