I actually like the idea of being able to see how many upvotes/downvotes came from specific instances much more than seeing the actual users. It would cover some of the positives mentioned in the github discussion:

-Could help fight bot and multiple-account voting (if we assume that people who make multiple accounts do it on the same instance)
-Could help identify voting-patterns from specific servers (obviously)

And then if something looks suspicious, the admins can already see who voted, so they could check out whether some user is abusing the mechanics.

I find that this approach might be worth talking about, but making user votes visible to all seems very unnecessary.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but then you're trusting the server not to just lie about the totals.

[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's already true and why the federation model is used in the first place. If another instance can't be trusted, you can disconnect your own from it (extremely easy if you self-host, if you are a standard member of a larger instance it might require convincing)

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Also true.

[–] AdmiralRob@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

My understanding is that admins already have access to see who votes. This feature is to make then visible to everyone.