It doesn’t take a genius to realize that a long-running account on any platform can easily be used to build a profile of someone.

Since many discussions on Lemmy and other platforms can often cause someone to write about their job, family, hobbies, where they live (city/community), etc., there’s a lot of concern about non-private post history being used against someone.

Other than using fake names, throwaway emails, etc. are there any other best practices for handling this?

Should we be creating new accounts/profiles every once in a while?

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think the concern (for anyone) is that with enough post history, just about anyone would be able to identify you AND would have knowledge of just about every aspect of your life.

    This goes beyond what Amazon or Google might do, since they’re just concerned about monetizing.

    Nobody can anticipate all risks, especially if it comes out of the blue from an ex-employer, ex-partner, political opponent, neighbor, friend or ex-friend, etc.

    Since many of us are new to Lemmy, and have an opportunity to blunt this kind of profile building right from the start, I was hoping that there may be some strategies we could use right away.