Hello.
So when I was still on lemmy.ml, I tried to delete my posts/comments but most of them keep having them JSON error, then when I refreshed my account they somehow do not appear anymore? But when I manually inspected the communities that I was subbed into on another browser, some of my posts are still there.
Giving up after thinking that I just ignore it, I just deleted my avatar and banner, and deleted most of my posts/comments anyway. They seem to not appear when I am logged on.
Then, I somehow got onto the 'Delete Account' earlier this morning (just as I wanted to do several days ago), submitted the credential needed, and then the page redirected me onto homepage. But now when I did revisited the communities I was in on my .ml account, posts/comments are still there.
Did the admin just set it up so that my logins are just revoked, and will not purge and/or disassociate my posts and comments on my previous .ml account?
There was a discussion about GDPR on mastodon github, and they seemed to conclude that GDPR does not apply to natural persons, which includes most instance admins who aren't corporations or any entities, but just random people not profiting from anything.
Not sure how valid, since they aren't lawyers.
That doesn't sound right. But then again, like someone else already said: If they aren't in the EU and don't have dealings with them (because they aren't large companies), who is going to enforce it?
I think most likely the website (instance) gets blocked in EU. Maybe they get a fine that they can't force them to pay until they step foot into EU. I highly highly doubt they'd put the effort of extradition