User on /r/privacy wanting to leave Reddit, looking for alternatives. Most of the comments suggest patching a Reddit client, or Mastodon. A few comments mention Lemmy, but don't link to instances

That's because reddit has been cracking down on linking to lemmy or talking about it. Can't let the users discuss their competition

Blame that on the mods. I've been able to promote Lemmy on a few small subs where the mods are like "sure, fuck spez". On large mods though, mods are much more cautious, like they are afraid to be replaced.

I'd argue the fediverse is probably not the ideal place for a privacy focused audience. There is no privacy here, only illusions of it. I can easily see who upvoted this post for example.

I mean, social media is inherently not private, everything you do is public; even votes (though some software supports private voting)

But if you're tracking, datamining, or selling my data then there's the problem.
- But if you're tracking, datamining, or selling my data then there's the problem.
  
  And that's easier on the fediverse than any other social media platform. It's the downside of the federation aspect. Lemmy doesn't need to have this stuff built in, anyone can just track and datamine and sell data as they please from anywhere. And I think it's foolish to think Meta at least isn't already doing that, considering they are well aware of the fediverse and how it works. But others are probably already on it too.
Depends on what entails privacy. What you describe could also be pointed out as transparency. Transparency is a good thing, right?

There’s no tracking or data-mining on Lemmy, which infringe on your privacy.

On Lemmy there’s only what you yourself willingly share with the rest of us.

Privacy and anonymity is not the same thing.
- There’s no tracking or data-mining on Lemmy, which infringe on your privacy.
  
  Not built into the Lemmy software, no. But there's for sure data mining and tracking happening, with how open the fediverse is. If you actually think there is none of that, you don't seem to understand how the fediverse actually works. Anyone can just hook up their server to the fediverse and start harvesting your data freely if they want to.
  
  On Lemmy there’s only what you yourself willingly share with the rest of us.
  
  That's more about discipline and applies to every social media. There's no way to say "I don't want to share this" on the fediverse. Even private messages are shared.
  
  What you describe could also be pointed out as transparency. Transparency is a good thing, right?
  
  Well, Lemmy isn't the one being transparent then though. Since Lemmy hides votes from its users, but shares them with other instances.
It depends what kind of privacy you mean. It is super easy to make a lemmy account with a throwaway email and access it via TOR.

If you’re looking for privacy in terms of the content you post, maybe something like SimpleX or Signal group chats are better.
Depends on your definition of privacy and threat model.

Compared to Reddit, it's already miles better.
- Reddit's terms are annnoying, they own not just all the content you post but your identity that you use while on their site, really dislike how hard it is to delete all your posts and comments (deleting your account leaves them all up)
Is there an illusion of privacy? The persistent, unprompted belief it exists isn't an illusion. It's a user-generated fantasy.

I would think a privacy group would have been the first to jump ship.

Many did back when they killed 3rd party apps, guess everyone who gives a shit is already on one of the what, six?, c/privacy comms lol.
Same for /r/selfhosted, to be honest
- oh yeah. Ill give it should be in front.

“Patching a Reddit client” wtf? What good is that going to do you when the fox is in the hen house and the issue is server side, not client side.

We welcome them to [email protected]!

Could somebody link it to them? I got Auto-banned from reddit for "spam".