When I delete a comment on Lemmy, people can still see that there used to be a comment by me that I later deleted. What’s the reasoning for that?

Edit: changed “post” to “comment”.

  • velma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 days ago

    It’s the principle of it. Start making exceptions for certain comments to be deleted then where is the line drawn? Easier to have it so nothing is ever truly deleted.

    • 712@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Hmm, but why does a social media need to be an immutable storage? I feel like I’m missing something here.

      I know some people are against any form of censorship and yes, I see the problem with the question of who can decide what gets deleted when. I’m totally on board here. But is “nothing should ever be deleted” really the best approach?

      Genuine question: if someone doxes your address on Lemmy, wouldn’t you want to be able to get it deleted?

      • velma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Genuine question: if someone doxes your address on Lemmy, wouldn’t you want to be able to get it deleted?

        The someone still has my address, right? Getting it off Lemmy doesn’t really do much.

        I think that people using the Fediverse generally want there to be more transparency and more control by the users and less in the hands of a few admins. We’ve all seen how Reddit took control over users info and comments over the years. There’s a push here to not let that happen.

        • 712@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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          4 days ago

          Well it would prevent others from getting to know your address, preventing harm. Transparency is good, but I’m just afraid that immutable transparency easily be exploited by ill-minded people.

          There’s a similar debate in blockchain, where people have put CSAM into the Bitcoin blockchain where it will be forever stored.

          I guess it’s the old debate of freedom vs security.

          • velma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            4 days ago

            There are ways for admins to step in on that kind of rule breaking, I believe. And I hope that’s true in the case that any CSAM might appear on Lemmy.

            Lol yeah, it really is a rehashing of freedom vs security, isn’t it?

            • 712@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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              4 days ago

              I see. I hope I’ll have more time to research how ActivityPub and Fediverse work. I’m sure people much smarter than me spent a lot more time thinking about these things than I have…😅