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

submitted 1 year 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] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It also discourages people from upvoting more controversial topics, for better or for worse.

I just hope it doesn't turn into Twitter's culture of ruining people's lives by showing they liked a sus tweet 5 years ago, LMAO.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be nice if we could upvote interesting posts rather that posts that we agree with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't that what upvotes are supposed to be for? Just not how people actually use them...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My plan was just to assume a new identity every 6 months or so and never post identifiable information. I see how that would be a problem if someone where to use their real identity. In that case, they probably wouldn't vote at all, that's not great. Maybe have a separate anonymous account ? And only use your real account for making "statements" including your votes.