Edit: obligatory explanation (thanks mods for squaring me away)...

What you see via the UI isn't "all that exists". Unlike Reddit, where everything is a black box, there are a lot more eyeballs who can see "under the hood". Any instance admin, proper or rogue, gets a ton of information that users won't normally see. The attached example demonstrates that while users will only see upvote/downvote tallies, admins can see who actually performed those actions.

Edit: To clarify, not just YOUR instance admin gets this info. This is ANY instance admin across the Fediverse.

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[–] 113 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I downvoted the beans and I don't care who knows about it. I'd do it again.

This is useful to know though, thanks. I guess assume everything is public short of your password (unless your admin is particularly nefarious and has altered the code to store passwords in plaintext for some reason).

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Probably safer to assume your password is public to

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  • [–] 48 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Nah because if you type in your password it will show as stars.

    ******* see?

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    ILoveBeans42!!

    Did it work?

    Edit: shit.. it didn’t work, how do I change my password??

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