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”.

  • 712@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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    6 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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      6 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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        6 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…😅