As someone running a TestFlight beta, I can tell you: that’s not true. TF captures the AppleID used to sign up and how many times the app is opened and crashed, but, unless you set the app to collect other personal details (major red flag), the only other thing a Lemmy client should store is login details and app preferences.
Are you saying that your Lemmy client is mining personal data from users phones? Why in the world would you do that?
Edit: TF betas can also be configured for signups via a link, so that users emails are not captured by TF, and AppStore Connect only registers the users as “Anonymous”. This is how we do it. The only user emails we capture are those in our internal test group— the developers themselves.
I seconded the recommendation to be patient and try back later. This particular instance has been pretty unstable all day, and even at 11 PM Eastern time, it’s still really unreliable. I really think you should try back again later.
I’m pretty sure that was an option, not default, but almost everyone would select the option. it was also an option (which is selected by default) to mark posts as read when you vote on them.
edit: I’m wrong-- originally it was like that. years ago, they changed the default so both are selected.
nonetheless, I would love the option to ‘hide read posts’ and ‘mark posts as read when voting’.
if you’re on an instance that does not support downvotes, it only displays upvotes. if you’re on an instance which does support downvotes it displays both. I’m not really sure how I’m being unclear.
while that’s true, people will always find a way to be jerks. if people can’t be jerks with a downvote, they’ll express their jerkitude verbally, which is certainly worse. i just wish we could move beyond the point where a downvote (or a bunch) was enough to emotionally devastate a person-- or where people feel the need to do that to others.
this is such a nice place now, but, then again, so was reddit in the beginning.
I’ve encountered some people who are not so… respectful with disagreements. I’ve made use of the report feature, however, it doesn’t seem to be of much use.
its back up, btw