New to fediverse. Joined mostly because reddit has been annoying me for a while for it's algorithm use and general admin stuff. Joining piefed was still a big leap since I have some interest in privacy and security on the internet and joining anonymous server felt a bit suss. Some stranger somewhere would have my email and be able to monitor everything I do and say.
Now, of course reddit does the same and I had no problem (well a little problem) with it. They not only have the data, but they also use it to advertise to me and most definitely sell the data forward. Still, there is a difference on a company with a public leadership whose names are known, and who have to follow laws and mark down their privacy notice publicly. If a server admin gets funny with the data, I'm shit out of luck.
Well I joined so obviously I accepted the trade of but came here to see what others thought. Surprised there was not a discussion about this already.
First, welcome here!
Regarding anonymity, feel free to use an alias service like https://unbox.at/ or https://addy.io/ . That allows you to stay anonymous even from the admin.
I thought about those or just making one use email, but decided not to want the hassle. After a lot of thinking about it, I don't consider this to be that major of a privacy threat. I just used an old email reserved for trash that probably can't connect to me.