The author has an article about why privacy still matters in the digital age. I’m interested in their arguments about reconciling the two between gathering user votes to stop bad actors and user privacy mattering.
this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025
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The user votes are already public, this tool only makes it simpler to get the votes. Companies like Meta, for example, could set up a Lemmy instance, not tell anyone they are running it and get all the votes.
Nice stalking tool.
I always found the votes in !albumartporn@lemmy.world a bit suspicious. This confirms my suspicion.
Why do people do this?
Well on Reddit the answer was straightforward and easy, needing to establish karma on an account to make it seem legit and organic and then either sell it or start using it for the original malicious purposes
But here on Lemmy? I have absolutely no idea
only admins can access this information, which makes it harder for users to report such behaviour to them.
This sounds like a user wants to become an admin
Since everything is public anyway, for me it begs the question: why hide it in the first place?
Some day, someone will write a tool/bot where you can enter a user/ sub and get all votes.
Currently only the technical people can see it, in the future, people with money will see it because they pay for such a service. Or someone will open an instance where you can see it.
I understand that there is a big dilemmy and I am glad that I am not in a position to decide upon a solution.
Btw, can only instance admins see their votes or all voting behaviors?
All votes on a specific post/comment
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I chuckled.