- cross-posted to:
 - foss@beehaw.org
 
- cross-posted to:
 - foss@beehaw.org
 
Federated services have always had privacy issues but I expected Lemmy would have the fewest, but it’s visibly worse for privacy than even Reddit.
- Deleted comments remain on the server but hidden to non-admins, the username remains visible
 - Deleted account usernames remain visible too
 - Anything remains visible on federated servers!
 - When you delete your account, media does not get deleted on any server
 



Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening.