Submitted 3 days ago by sbeak@sopuli.xyz to [deleted]
Their ToS mentions the laws of New Zealand, while their privacy policy include GDPR. Are the servers hosted in NZ, the EU, or somewhere else?
Also, is there any reason not to use the piefed.social instance (over other Piefed instances)? I’m interested in trying out Piefed, and use it in conjunction with Lemmy
Generally speaking, it’s best to avoid using the default instance. The fediverse works best when there are many, smaller instances, instead of one large instance and a few smaller one orbiting it. We should try to avoid the problems we see with the centralization around mastodon.social and lemmy.world happening to piefed as well, if we can.
Why?
To me it’s the option that’s important. Doesn’t mean you’re obligated to use it preemptively.
pinging piefed.social makes gateway.rimu.geek.nz respond. going there you’ll learn that rimu is new zealander
piefed.social moderation is based on a number of questionable choices, and rimu previously hardcoded these questionable choices in piefed without explanation or an option to turn them off
Yes, and it has been forked because of this:
Note that the GDPR is a “worldwide” law as long as you have European users, it doesn’t mean the servers are in EU.
GDPR applies when the user is in EU, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the server is. Many websites are GDPR-compliant without being hosted in the EU.
The domain’s DNS point to an Australian IP.
The “about” page gives contact@piefed.social as a contact method – maybe just ask them directly?
OK, that’s good to know!
According to some geo ip databases the IP is is Brisbane, Australia
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Off-topic, I just realised why I can’t see a lot of posts on Lemmy (including my own!). When enabling the ability to view German language posts (I’m trying to learn a bit!), I accidentally deselected English. It’s fixed now, and I can see English posts again!
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Schön.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Ich kann nicht ein schlaffen.
Kann ich commen?
Eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht!
That’s about the extent of it right now.