So far, I think the admins have done an exemplary job in running this instance. They managed to keep it active with many users, keep it error free, and their reaction to the defederation of beehaw was level headed and reasonable. When it comes to things that a successful instance needs, this one has a lot of them. Also it's Canadian which is pretty based
However, this place needs a privacy policy. I think users are entitled to know exactly what info about them is kept, how it's used, and how long it's kept for. This information included on almost every website and it's a big red flag if a site doesn't have one. Just to be clear, I'm not trying to insinuate that the admins are trying to steal our info or anything like that. Since they have a lot on their plate already with keeping the server online, this is probably something that fell through the cracks, which is bound to happen when one volunteers their time and money to cultivating a community and handling all the infrastructure involved in that. Nevertheless I think it's crucial to have one.
So funny thing about that, assuming that the admins are just running the default Lemmy software.
There isn't one because there is not data being collected and or sent to third parties to speak of.
Here is the privacy policy: the only data the admins collect is whatever was in a text box when you pressed "send post" and your email address that you provided when you signed up. That... Is basically it. There are no tracking cookies, they don't track analytics data, like genuinely the only data that even hits their servers at all is just what you submit, manually.
The reason every website has a privacy policy is because they don't want to get sued for selling the data they collect on you.
Does the application not keep track of IP addresses used to register or anything like that?
Why would they store that? That info doesn't need to be persisted for the application to work. (of course the obvious answer is to track you and sell your information, but apperantly that's not the case, so)