Deleting or overwriting the title and content on ml seems to propagate sometimes, but not always.
Don’t hit, I really like the idea of the Fediverse and Lemmy in particular–I guess I already sort of knew that things worked this way, but, well, I’d be lying if I didn’t say this spooked me a bit.
EDIT: I’m usually pretty good about not rageposting or whatever, so there’s not a whole lot of stuff I want to expunge from the record, but there are some tech support type questions that I’ve asked in the past that now seem to me unbelievably and embarrassingly dumb that I’m not sure I want to have out there!
EDIT EDIT: I’d also be lying if I didn’t say my eyes were wandering a bit towards raddle.me at this point…
EDIT EDIT EDIT: (sorry, feeling kinda punchy over here after too much early-morning ☕️) This reminds me of something from back in the pre-Snowden days, when everything was still mostly htttp and while websurfing I had Wireshark open and saw “http://www.nytimes.com/lifestyle/how-to-get-the-most-enjoyment-from-watching-clown-porn.html” flashing past.
Seriously tho, this is back when I, along with just about everyone else I knew, would say things like “well, yeah, you know, Google, Facebook, the internet, etc., everything’s out there in the open, but what can you do?” And then there’s the feeling you get when you actually see identifiable stuff like this going out across the wires and you’re like “…oh…” 🙁
Not unlike the time when my boss asked me if I liked to listen to Rush:
Me: I haven’t really listened to that much of their stuff, although I really like Power Windows.
My boss: No, I meant Rush Limbaugh.
Me: …oh… 🙁
the fediverse is incredibly public.
its like having your own little radio station broadcasting into the void. once those waves hit the air you cant take it back.
deletes/edits are niceties… but the fact is you put it on the fediverse and everyone else gets to decide what to do with it.
Can’t stop the signal, Mal.
Yep. When federating with so many instances, nothing is truly deleted unless every single instance honors its removal. That’s just the reality. The nice thing is that as an instance owner, I can see the mod log of everything from the places I federate with. So admins at least have a point of reference to work together. I also have the ability to restore comments and things that were deleted. I’ve never used it because I prefer to stay in sync with everyone else, but I’m 1 person. There are many instances and mine is microscopic.
BTW, how do yachts taste?
EDIT: Ok, what I wanted you to respond was something like: “The yachts themselves are nothing more than shiny floaty slow-moving food tins that, when gently pried open, are often found to contain many delectably rich (in more ways that one) juicy humans with ketamine-spiced blood, chomp.”