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Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say (github.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by rimu@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Probably better to post in the github issue rather than replying here.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4967

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[โ€“] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You are exactly right - the underlying protocol (ActivityPub) has no concept of private votes. Making them private would only hide them in Lemmy's UI, but still make them accessible to other users using other apps.

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 2 months ago

Looks like PieFed is experimenting with a potential workaround.