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Lemmy
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Basic Information
Release Year
Product Type Social Media
In Production Yes
Official Website

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.

Privacy

While Lemmy itself and the majority of Lemmy apps are open source[1], vote privacy is fundamental incompatibe with ActivityPub, meaning anyone can see what content you like and dislike.[2].

Incidents

In February 2024, Lemmy was called out for not allowing users delete media they uploaded, violating the GDPR.[3] Instead of allowing users to delete media, Lemmy developers implemented a feature to wipe all user generated content when you delete your account.[4]

References

  1. "Lemmy Apps". Lemmy. Archived from the original on 2025-12-22.
  2. "Votes and Ranking". Archived from the original on 2026-02-04.
  3. Altfield, Michael (2024-03-04). "Nightmare on Lemmy Street (A Fediverse GDPR Horror Story)". Michael Altfield's Tech Blog. Archived from the original on 2025-12-06.
  4. @maltfield (2024-02-07). "[Bug]: Delete Account should delete uploaded media (pictures) too #2384". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2025-09-13.