Thanks for this post, I had no idea posts or comments couldn’t be deleted after a certain time. This seems like a pretty major privacy flaw, and as someone who cares strongly about digital privacy it certainly makes me more hesitant to post or comment in the future.
As far as I know though, it’s still possible to change the username and email attached to your activity? This could be a way of anonymizing yourself, although of course this isn’t perfect and doesn’t let you take action on specific posts or comments.
It also seems a little ironic that a community that is so concerned with future AI capabilities could seemingly ignore one of its dangers and make it impossible to remove personally identifiable data, given that in a world with powerful AI systems personal data could potentially be harvested significantly more efficiently than they are now.
I love the EA Forum but I’m personally quite glad I chose not to use my real name on here...
Thanks for this post, I had no idea posts or comments couldn’t be deleted after a certain time. This seems like a pretty major privacy flaw, and as someone who cares strongly about digital privacy it certainly makes me more hesitant to post or comment in the future.
As far as I know though, it’s still possible to change the username and email attached to your activity? This could be a way of anonymizing yourself, although of course this isn’t perfect and doesn’t let you take action on specific posts or comments.
It also seems a little ironic that a community that is so concerned with future AI capabilities could seemingly ignore one of its dangers and make it impossible to remove personally identifiable data, given that in a world with powerful AI systems personal data could potentially be harvested significantly more efficiently than they are now.
I love the EA Forum but I’m personally quite glad I chose not to use my real name on here...