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PSA: every interaction you make with various posts on kbin is viewable to everyone. (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by zeste@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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If you click on the "more" button under a comment or link there will be an activity tab. In this tab you can see everyone who has boosted, favourited or reduced the post. I'm not sure if this a
Is a good feature but it's interesting to see when someone decides to reduce all of your content for no reason.

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[–] PabloDiscobar@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yep, I already noticed a few people downvoting a full page of my comments, even when I post some neutral stuff like bash code for mounting stuff on ubuntu. It didn't work on reddit but here it does. I did the test with someone pointing at my reputation, I was able to grind like 40 reputation from him by simply downvoting everything he said in comments.

The problem is not just the number, it's the impression that other people will get from your post. It will induce confusion and misinterpretation.

Also, the content you write is duplicated around instances, so there is no deletion possible of your content "a la reddit". Once you write something it's duplicated elsewhere and you won't have jurisdiction there. So if you ever get doxxed it's over, so careful with what you write.

[–] patchw3rk@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are edits transferred to other instances? I would imagine so.

[–] Hobovision@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

No guarantee they get the edits. Plus every instance can store older versions if they want and provide a 'edit history', whether that's a part of the current protocol or not it is technically possible.

Just like how someone can archive anything on the internet really.

People should consider everything they do online to be public and trackable. If anonymity is important, it requires direct planning and effort to achieve. Data processing is so powerful and only getting stronger. Companies can learn more about you than you'd think without ever having access to your "PII".