o_oJun 22, 2023

Interesting difference from Reddit: Upvotes/Downvotes are not anonymous

https://programming.dev/post/163275

Interesting difference from Reddit: Upvotes/Downvotes are not anonymous - programming.dev

Hey folks! Just realized something that makes Lemmy different from Reddit. Because of the federation, your votes are not technically anonymous on Lemmy. At least, I think. Although there’s no UI to look at a user’s voting history yet, one could conceivably be built by an instance. Perhaps coincidentally, I hear there’s instances out there populated by mostly bots?

Show threadleo vriska

On the other hand, I don’t really trust Reddit with my upvotes/downvotes all that much more than random users, so I already refrain from voting on content I wouldn’t want to be associated with…

Of course, Reddit can still see what posts I view, while that isn’t the case for Lemmy (at least since I self-host an instance).

Jun 22, 2023 at 7:17pmWeb
Show threadGeometric7792Jun 22, 2023
Can't the other instances see what you saw via federation? Or does a self hosted lemmy instance federate all comments from all threads once it knows about a server?
Show threadleo vriskaJun 24, 2023

Or does a self hosted lemmy instance federate all comments from all threads once it knows about a server?

Only in subscribed communities, but yes.