Currently, almost anyone in the Fediverse can see Lemmys votes. Lemmy admins can see votes, as well as mods. Only regular Lemmy users can't. Should the Lemmy devs create a way to make the votes anonymous?

There is a discussion going on right now considering "making the Lemmy votes public" but I think that premisse is just wrong. The votes are public already, they're just hidden from Lemmy users. Anyone from a kbin/mbin/fedia instance can check out the votes if they are so inclined.

The users right now may fall into a false sense of privacy when voting because the votes are hidden from Lemmy users. If you want to vote something and not show up on the vote list, please create another account to support that type of content and don't tell anyone.

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[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 12 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

To me the anonymity of voting is the problem, so the solution is to make them public for all, not to find ways of making them more private.

[–] halm@leminal.space 21 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

The point of privacy is pretty shaky in this context, tbh. Anybody using the fediverse is ensured pseudonymity already, the privacy issue should be whether your account(s) can be linked to your real life identity against your will.

In that regard I can only see positives to making voting public. Foremost it could create some accountability to the system, and maybe minimise the lazier drive-by, doom scroll votes?

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the lazy drive-by and rage votes specifically that I would love to see eliminated. If you're too much a coward to defend a position, maybe you shouldn't express it.

[–] halm@leminal.space 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And now I definitely want to see whoever downvoted your post outed as cowards 👍👍

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 weeks ago

I know, right? It's like irony is a lost art.

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