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Does Lemmy have less personal stories than Reddit because users are more wary of doxxing themselves? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 2 points 6 days ago

Credit where due, it is just my best guess. I have no evidence.

I simply think if you have custom code on a machine to ingest data, creating a federation interface may be more suitable and stable in the long run than a scraper. The extra server load may draw attention or run amuck with security policies designed to obscure scrapers.

But that is certainly an option.