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Interesting difference from Reddit: Upvotes/Downvotes are not anonymous (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey folks! Just realized something that makes Lemmy different from Reddit. Because of the federation, your votes are not technically anonymous on Lemmy. At least, I think.

Although there’s no UI to look at a user’s voting history yet, one could conceivably be built by an instance. Perhaps coincidentally, I hear there’s instances out there populated by mostly bots?

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I appreciate your commitment to this privacy consideration. I personally don’t think it’s the hill I’d prefer to die on, but I welcome your contributions.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I'm for mass adoption and want admins to succeed. That starts with keeping users educated (and admins covered).

this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023

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