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I recently learned that voting on lemmy is not anonymous. Anyone can get information about who has upvoted and downvoted a post or comment.

In combination with your IP, this is a massive privacy (maybe even physical security) risk. Also, people can target you for your votes.

Sadly, this is something where I would prefer Reddit over Lemmy. Big tech scrapes data from both places anyways, at least Reddit is safe.

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[–] npdean@lemmy.today 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] LemmyAtEm2@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They want you to know that they downvoted you

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] StocktonCrushed@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Anonymously voting is the hardly the mature option. It's not very adult of you to want to influence content but not be linked to it in any way, shape, or form.

Putting your name to your vote and standing by it seems way more mature.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I see, why don’t you post your full name and social security number? Take real accountability for your actions.

This is a stupid take. My point was never that voting should be changed from public to private now. My point is that if it is public, make it explicitly known that it is.

[–] StocktonCrushed@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

But they do. You replied to someone showing you the page where they discuss voting data.

Not their fault you didn't read the full terms when you made your account. Not their responsibility to go down a list of every feature Lemmy has or doesn't have compared to other social media.

Is it your first day on the internet outside of reddit?

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I am saying it should be made clear. I never said that it not specified anywhere and I can drag them to court for it.

[–] StocktonCrushed@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Why should it be made clear? Because you're used to a different system? Take that entitlement and shove it up your own ass on your way back to leddit. Sorry, Lemmy isn't sucking off your weird need to influence yet remain anonymous.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t want to be anonymous. I want to know that I am not anonymous.

[–] StocktonCrushed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well, now you do. Congrats. If you don't like it, don't vote. Pretty fuckin simple.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] StocktonCrushed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Because crybabies like you are the reason everything is enshittified. You think you've stumbled on some "smoking gun" and you throw a temper tantrum over it. Devs get tired of hearing you bitch and moan so they fix it to how you want your perfect little safe space on the Internet to be. And before you know it, it'll be exactly like fucking goddamn reddit.

I'm angry because I'm actively running out of places to avoid entitled little shits like you and I don't like it.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm angry because I'm actively running out of places to avoid entitled little shits like you and I don't like it.

Maybe time for some introspection? Touch some grass? Internet is what it is. You are expecting it to fit your mould more than me.

[–] StocktonCrushed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 28 minutes ago

YOU came HERE to bitch about people seeing which comments you like and don't like.

Get off the internet entirely if privacy is that much of a concern for you, because anyone who wants to and has the resources to can and will find out who you are.

Maybe you need the introspection to realize you're a random nobody on the internet nobody cares enough about to gangstalk. So fuck off back to reddit since it's "so much more safe."