SO JUST A PSA FOR EVERYONE
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU POST - TREAT IT LIKE IT IS PERMANENT
"Oh but there's a delete button."
INSTANCES DON'T HAVE TO OBEY IT.
UNLESS YOU KNOW 100% OF YOUR FOLLOWERS AND TRUST THEM TO HONOUR IT, ASSUME IT'S PERMANENT
A HACKED INSTANCE CAN IGNORE THE DELETE REQUEST AND ARCHIVE IT.
IT CAN BE USED AS BLACKMAIL AGAINST YOU OR SOMETHING FUCKO LIKE THAT.
@Elizafox it is permanent.
Sites like archive.is have proven this. They even have some secret mod-only Reddit posts. And those are fairly provable, unlike screenshots.
@luciferMysticus @Elizafox a mod would have to leak them.
@Elizafox I wonder if it makes any practical difference, as you can use birdsite API to archive posts, and many people do
@Elizafox yup, this is totally correct. I was actually confused by the delete messages that I was getting at the start - didn't realise there was even provision for it in the protocol. It's probably useful to think of it more as a fix for "oops I made a typo" than "oops I posted something sensitive".
ALSO
ASSUME IT IS FUCKING PUBLIC
LIKE
ANYONE CAN SEE IT
YOU SHOULD BE DOING THAT ANYWAY ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA
DON'T ASSUME WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR FEED STAYS IN YOUR FEED
EVEN WITH PRIVACY SETTINGS UP TO 11
SOMEONE CAN COPYPASTE IT OR SCREENSHOT IT
AND YOU COULD BE FUCKED
PEOPLE WHO ARE FOLLOWER-VIEW-ONLY ON TWITTER HAVE BEEN FUCKED BY THIS