I’m new as in this is my first day using lemmy. I don’t know anything about lemmy etiquette and don’t want to do anything bad

thanks and have an amazing day! also plz be kind :D

  • Giraffe@lemmy.ml
    2·
    9 hours ago

    Lemmy offers more freedom, more privacy, and your data is not sold. Unlike other social networks, Lemmy is part of the fediverse, so you have to choose a server that suits your tastes and preferences. Reddit has subreddits, and Lemmy has communities. Reddit does not respect privacy, but Lemmy does.

    • Scrollone@feddit.it
      5·
      8 hours ago

      I don’t agree with “more privacy”. Data is federated, so anybody can easily scrape and gather data.

      Even upvotes/downvotes are public (even if your client doesn’t display them, you can get the list of users that voted your post/comment through the API).

      You can be anonymous, create multiple accounts on different instances, you can use a client with not trackers, etc. but I wouldn’t say there’s more privacy.

    • h3rmit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      9 hours ago

      That is not necesarily true. An admin of an instance definitely can sell info. Same for respecting privacy. You do have more freedom though, since it’s federated, you can research whichever server you think aligns with your views/needs and choose that one while still interacting with the rest.