It just feels kind of gross having parts of me hanging out on the internet for too long. Like I haven’t been able to wash my hands/face for a while. I do it manually occasionally, but I have to block off a morning or evening for it now when I used to be able to do it with a couple mouse clicks then go off to take a shit or w/e.

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    Theoretically, you can’t. If text you posted federates out to other servers deleting it locally won’t delete it out there, I don’t believe.

    So, once it’s up, it’s up, wasting evenings deleting your stuff won’t really stop it

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      Also, it appears that sometimes, the deletion fails, and the request doesn’t get federated, leaving the comment/post orphaned.

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      This ^. A very big downside of defederation. Just be more concious with what you post, and change up ur typing habits.