I can't even copy a url without being tracked. When I copy the urls, they get copied with tracking ids, i don't know what they are doing with this data but I think they are creating a mesh table of people, their relatives friends etc. So, I am done, I will delete all the social media in a few weeks, use my phone only with federated apps.

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[–] 20 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Reddit, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and pretty much a major social media sites do this. Usually the tracking ID follows the ? in the url so it’s easy to remove. But yeah avoiding those places is probably more ideal.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I only noticed this shit recently man after the Israel/Twitter stuff. I always run a link through claude now to clean it first before posting anywhere. Sounds paranoid but fuck it makes me feel much more comfortable about it.

    Does Lemmy track? I'm new here

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    As far as I know, no. The platform is open source so anyone should be able to check. Plus each instance is run by different people since anyone could spin one up. Since there’s no advertising $$ as this isn’t corporate owned there’s not really a reason to track users either.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    All good. Was a little worried when they asked for my email to sign up. Seen someone else saying they werent asked but I was. On Mirage for example I wasn't asked for anything so it threw me a little but. new here so still a bit clueless

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Reddit doesn't have one any more, they do this in the backend to stop getting hatred

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