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10 months agoYour username would fall under GDPR as personally identifiable information - also if your instance asks for an email address, that is also personally identifiable information under GDPR.
I think any posts that users can contribute to a social network, also fall under GDPR.
This is a potential issue that many instance owners may not have realised.
There are so many good ones out there there’s no reason not to use one.