The part about EXIF data is true, but they’re very upfront about this, and they have a sticky post informing people about this and instructing them how to remove the EXIF data themselves. My take is that it’s just a limitation of the site design, it’s good that they inform people upfront, and removing EXIF data a useful thing for people to learn how to do regardless.

As far as privacy is concerned, I’d say that yeah – they’re very pro-privacy. You can still connect with people, though. I’ve met some people on raddle who I’ve actually chatted with off site. So I wouldn’t say it’s anything more than the privacy culture here.

The one thing that sometimes turns people away from raddle is that people on the site tend to have very well-read and carefully formed opinions, and they can sometimes come off as being aggressive and confrontative. But even the people who may come across like that at first are actually very empathetic, once you spend more time there and observe how they interact.

I’ll just say this: I’ve personally not seen anything on raddle that would turn me away from using the site, and I’ve been there off and on since leaving reddit in June.

I like the 196 on raddle, but I keep forgetting to use raddle

“When I was a child, the large skeleton ripped through the fabric of space and devoured my siblings, and I turned out fine!”

This is in Minnesota. When I was a kid, I begged my parents to drive to see it. They rented a room at some motel in Bemidji and made a weekend of it. The highlight of my trip was seeing the huge Paul Bunyan and Babe statues.

I thought they were so great and it was like they came to life out of a book, but now that I see them again… holy shit lmao

Also, Piped and Invidious

No, leave chrome locked up in the basement

Madeline Kahn was so good in Clue

Sometimes I’ll watch it just for her part in that film

When I want to feel full in the morning, I find that pinto beans does the trick. They’re also a good source of fiber and potassium.

Or if I’m not feeling very hungry, a protein shake with some chia or flax seeds added to the mix.

The truth hurts, bro

Sadly, there are a lot of people who do the exact same thing today

Look at some of the batshit COVID cures that people came up with, for example

It keeps getting worse, and just when you think it’s over, they hit you with the KO punch of “serve with mayonnaise”

They served green eggs and ham for breakfast the second time I went to jail

Honestly, I thought that was cute

Mine are turning 8 this year. They’re also brats, and I love it!

Oh thank you for making this! I have two shiba inu dogs.

I fully understand wanting to restore things from a backup, but I don’t grasp how giving us the option to hard delete our own posts and comments would interfere with that in any way. Safest? Perhaps. A reasonable tradeoff for such safety? Not in my opinion.

As for your latter point, maybe that’s one of the drawbacks to federation that does not get discussed enough. However, I’d think there’d be some sort of solution to put more control of our data into the hands of the users.

This is my number one wish as well. I’m well aware that people can archive or snapshot my comments/content, and the site can keep backup servers, and that we should assume that things we post online should be treated as if it were there forever, but no one can convince me that any of these situations is remotely comparable to not being able to delete my own public-facing content.

It’s also the number one concern I’ve heard from people on reddit who are considering migrating to Lemmy, but are undecided.

I really wish they’d fix this.

He looks like a goofy guy

So cute

I was actually using newpipe + sponsorblock before switching to Libretube. There’s only been once that I’ve had to manually switch the piped instance so far, but I just prefer Libretube’s UI. Newpipe worked great, too. Both very good apps. You can’t go wrong with either imo

Hard agree. Sometimes I’m searching for something very specific and esoteric, and the results spam me with unrelated nonsense because the search engine thinks it knows better than I do

Yes! I’ve started using Invidious more and more when I’m on PC, but there are also addons that make YouTube itself more tolerable.

I’ve been using LibreTube on my Android phone, and it’s so much better.