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this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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Probably because tech enthusiasts are the only ones that care about their privacy so they use open source alternative before anyone else
There's nothing "private" about Lemmy though? In fact it's probably less private than reddit.
I think with privacy some people associate the collection and using of private data to create user profiles for advertising and algorithms. While you can see IP, votes etc. as an admin (the same goes for other forums including Reddit, btw), at the moment there is no huge company behind Lemmy which collects sensitive data about it's users.
It isn't attempting to capture your personal data and sell it to ad companies like most social media platforms are though.
So would monetising user data be a more accurate statement than data privacy?
It all falls under the same blanket concept of privacy rights, but yes monetizing user data is a more accurate sub category. It doesn't truly matter what we call it as long as the discussion is being had.