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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[–] sudo42@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (11 children)

1 I had assumed votes were private 2 If I don’t hear soon that votes are private, I’ll simply stop participating and return to lurking. I’ll eventually just wander off to the next thing that doesn’t expose my votes to potential bots and/or abusive actors.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Your votes are as public as your posts. I see you have no problem posting so I don't understand what the issue is.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

Right? Big whoop, votes are public. Oh no, people might find out I'm an an-com from my voting patterns, instead of from my comments

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