For community specific stuff, maybe use a separate account. That way, your anonymous accounts leak less. In jerboa for example, it’s easy to switch accounts. On PC, different accounts can be logged in on different instances.
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theangriestbird@beehaw.org 6 days agoyou say this, but do I have to sacrifice being connected to online communities that are more local to my area? A huge privacy issue for me is just participating in online communities for my state and my city. I want to remain anonymous, but I also want to participate in these more local discussions. Just being subscribed to those communities narrows down their search by like 99%. Sure I could create a burner account to participate in those communities, but then I look like an astroturfing bot to other users because I don’t participate in any other conversations across reddit or lemmy or whatever.
How does one connect with their local community digitally without making a massive sacrifice to privacy? It feels unavoidable.
CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Kichae@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Being subscribed to those communities (n a single website.
If people would get the fuck off Reddit and decide it was ok to have multiple websites to log into, it would be harder. Internet centralization is a personal security risk.