I’ve treated Lemmy as a fun, silly blog since I made my account. I love how you can freely post anywhere and as much as you like, unlike on Reddit. I’m also a teen who grew up online with unrestricted internet access and does online school, so I’m a bit addicted to being online. I love how much more interactive the comments feel here, despite it being a smaller platform. I’ve had fun reading and interacting with people. But I think I might delete my account and everything, because people analyzing my behavior and accusing me of things has started to get to me. Most recently, someone accused me of trying to manipulate people because of my age and gender. All I wanted to do was make people feel some fun and giggles. I’m wondering if you’ve ever felt something similar.
Yeah, visibility/exposure carries risks. But it also provides protection.
I decided not to care. It’s a risk I’m willing to take, and whatever may come, I won’t regret it.
To keep people down, they literally have algorithms to make people miserable and hateful. So in a way, you can become a target, and I’m not even joking. Also, people just wanting to kill light, I guess.
If you decide to keep this account, I’d suggest not deleting it in the event that something should happen, and then document everything. There’s more motivation for a crime in darkness than one in broad daylight.
I’m sorry if this is a bit rough to read. I don’t think anything will happen, and certainly hope so. But I thought I’d share some basic security I believe in, for the rather open way in which you engage with this platform, to maybe make you feel safer.