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?

  • sinnerdotbin@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    This is largely assumed by someone like yourself or I who understands the implications. I am finding it evident that a lot of people are not aware.

    There is also a distinction to a potential screenshot, a scrape or archive no one visits, and a federated copy on a widly used instance you have lost access to.

    I edited my comment above to include a project I am working on to hopefully help admins get this across and educate users on how to appropriately engage to their comfort level.

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      1 year 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.

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        1 year ago

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