https://consumerrights.wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=112.209.78.87Consumer Rights Wiki - User contributions [en]2026-06-13T07:59:41ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.44.0https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Lemmy&diff=55912Lemmy2026-06-03T19:06:06Z<p>112.209.78.87: corrected 1 misspelled word [incompatible] & 3 punctuations; disambiguated 3 words PAGENAME to Lemmy.</p>
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'''{{Wplink|Lemmy (social network)|Lemmy}}''' is an open source, decentralized media network that is most similar to [[Reddit]]. It is built on the ActivityPub protocol, allowing users to interact with posts on Mastodon and Kbin.<br />
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==Consumer-impact summary==<br />
*'''User Privacy:''' While '''Lemmy''' itself and the majority of '''Lemmy''' clients are open source,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lemmy Apps |url=https://join-lemmy.org/apps |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251222062608/https://join-lemmy.org/apps |archive-date=2025-12-22 |website=[[Lemmy]]}}</ref> vote privacy is fundamentally incompatible with ActivityPub, meaning anyone can see what content you like and dislike.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Votes and Ranking |url=https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/03-votes-and-ranking.html#vote-privacy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260204065948/https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/03-votes-and-ranking.html |archive-date=2026-02-04}}</ref><br />
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==Incidents==<br />
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:Lemmy|Lemmy category]].<br />
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===Not allowing users to delete uploaded media===<br />
In February 2024, '''Lemmy''' was called out for not allowing users delete media they uploaded, violating the [[General Data Protection Regulation|GDPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Altfield |first=Michael |date=2024-03-04 |title=Nightmare on Lemmy Street (A Fediverse GDPR Horror Story) |url=https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251206101224/https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/ |archive-date=2025-12-06 |website=[[Michael Altfield's Tech Blog]]}}</ref> Instead of allowing users to delete media, '''Lemmy''' developers implemented a feature to wipe all user-generated content when you delete your account.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@maltfield |date=2024-02-07 |title=[Bug]: Delete Account should delete uploaded media (pictures) too #2384 |url=https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/2384 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250913193825/https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/2384 |archive-date=2025-09-13 |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://lemmy.ml/c/louisrossmann@lemmy.world Louis Rossmann community on Lemmy]<br />
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