Lemmy does have some unique privacy concerns though. This is not just sensationalism, and I don’t think it’s healthy to just handwave it away. Even reddit is more private in some ways than Lemmy. Even in the fediverse, Mastodon has more privacy. You can’t really compare a site storing your data internally or someone screenshotting your comments to the inability to remove content from a public-facing position.

Obviously I choose to use Lemmy regardless, but we would do well to advise other users to take even more precautions than usual on this platform, to inform potential users upfront, and to continue to request more control over our data from the devs and admins.

I hate to link to reddit, but this archived thread is a realistic discussion about the topic from some users whose opinions I respect: https://archive.ph/XeEMF