Definition of shitpost: Shitposting refers to the act of posting low-quality, off-topic, or intentionally absurd content online—such as memes, nonsensical text, or provocative remarks—with the primary goal of derailing discussions, provoking reactions, or causing confusion with minimal effort. This is provocative and means to cause confusion, discussions, reaction with minimal effort.

Every time you upload a PDF or image to a random “free” compression site, you’re giving them the entire file (sometimes including hidden metadata like GPS location, device info, timestamps, and embedded text) along with your IP address and usage patterns. You have no control over how long it’s stored, logged, analyzed, or breached later. Compression doesn’t require a server; it can run entirely in your browser or offline on your machine.

If you care about privacy, avoid uploading sensitive documents to third parties. You can download & use a tool like THIS for local compressions, or if you have Linux you can use tools like Ghostscript to compress locally.

Lemmy's design is focused on quality content by ditching the Karma farmers and addicts. No more chasing upvotes—people here actually focus on real value instead of feeding the ego.

EDIT: I know there are upvotes and downvotes, but the problem with Reddit is you can't post in most communities if your karma or reputation is bad. This is a big problem because herd mentality prevails there and if ypu have unpopular opinions you're basically censored.

Lemmy isn't designed to milk ypur dopamine with notifications every 10 upvotes, so you focus more on posting valuable cont instead of farming for approval and upvotes.