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The problem is, you won’t get the sort of compatibility you enjoy now any more. So many different applications, phone keyboards etc support gfycat and that’s where all the content is.
They won’t support dozens of disparate led popular services spread across the internet.
Those services are also likely to be less reliable, less well moderated for offensive/illegal content and such, and more likely to randomly disappear.
Like why Reddit was such a success, I want stability. I want one, reliable, centralised place I can go for everything.
Another concern I have, considering Lemmy specifically, is hacking of their infrastructure. Is my Lemmy account data as secure as my Reddit account? No. The software isn’t as secure, and the security teams are non existent, it’s just a guy (a wonderful guy!) hosting this as a hobby.
And even if one server does get a proper tech security team, that’s just one server.
There’s also the question of WHO is hosting a Lemmy instance being used, are they trustworthy? Are they being independently audited? Have they been found in compliance with GDPR? Are they secretly selling our data? Could be, who knows.
For all the awful things that come with a big company like Reddit, there’s more scrutiny, accountability, etc.
I don’t mean to diss Lemmy, I’m really really hopeful for it. I just have a lot of early concerns, things they’ll have to solve before I can really see it being the trustworthy, solid cornerstone of the internet I’d like it to be.
I don’t think it’s wrong to keep questions like these in mind, it’s great for information security and your privacy!
I’m with ya - no hate and no ill will to the hosts of any of these instances, but a cautious or informed user is a safe user. And safe users tend to mean user longevity on a platform! So it’s kind of cyclical, the “safety> accountability> user” relationship.
Given that Reddit is going to sell your data to anyone willing to pay, is reddit really all that secure?
Russia, China, the NSA, or whoever else you’re worried about can just set up some fake business claiming to be a marketing company and simply buy access to all of your data on reddit’s servers.
Nothing you post on the internet is ever really private.
I don’t think it’s wrong to keep questions like these in mind, it’s great for information security and your privacy!
I’m with ya - no hate and no ill will to the hosts of any of these instances, but a cautious or informed user is a safe user. And safe users tend to mean user longevity on a platform! So it’s kind of cyclical, the “safety> accountability> user” relationship.
I don’t think it’s wrong to keep questions like these in mind, it’s great for information security and your privacy!
I’m with ya - no hate and no ill will to the hosts of any of these instances, but a cautious or informed user is a safe user. And safe users tend to mean user longevity on a platform! So it’s kind of cyclical, the “safety> accountability> user” relationship.
I don’t think it’s wrong to keep questions like these in mind, it’s great for information security and your privacy!
I’m with ya - no hate and no ill will to the hosts of any of these instances, but a cautious or informed user is a safe user. And safe users tend to mean user longevity on a platform! So it’s kind of cyclical, the “safety> accountability> user” relationship.
I don’t think it’s wrong to keep questions like these in mind, it’s great for information security and your privacy!
I’m with ya - no hate and no ill will to the hosts of any of these instances, but a cautious or informed user is a safe user. And safe users tend to mean user longevity on a platform! So it’s kind of cyclical, the “safety> accountability> user” relationship.
Can’t speak for the other apps, but on Jerboa, I get a “Network Error” every time I try to post. The post will go through, but from my end, it looks like it didn’t go through. A lot of people are getting similar messages, hence the double posts. All growing pains for a site not ready for the mass migration into Lemmy.
