From Lemmy documentation:
We don’t delete anything from our database, just hide it from users. Deleted or removed Communities/Posts/Comments have a “restore” button.
But don’t take my word for it. Try it out yourself. You can make a comment, delete the comment (your username appears to remain) and then restore its content.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
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much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
Besides purging your data (we mention how to do this below), we also have an open-source codebase, so you can verify that the actions are actually deleting your data. I could link the source code for that if you like.
Reddit does not have this. When they tell you they deleted your data, its a “just trust us” from an extremely untrustworthy company.