I know that generally there is a practice of deleting Lemmy/reddit account every 6 months to avoid being Doxxed.
But curious to see how often people do this?
I know that generally there is a practice of deleting Lemmy/reddit account every 6 months to avoid being Doxxed.
But curious to see how often people do this?
I guess you’ve been lucky enough to avoid the seriously disturbed and insane people so far. Some people will latch on to you, follow you all over the internet, and make it their mission to make you miserable. It could be for something totally benign too. Be careful online!
I had my same Reddit account for like 12 years and never got harassed, though someone who knows me in real life could recognize me from it, and I’m sure with some minor effort I could be doxxed. But I try to avoid associating my real name with my username, don’t post photos of myself on it, etc. I don’t doubt it’s possible though, and I’m sure something like that would prompt me to change all instances of that username.