Why YSK: your upvotes (favorites) and downvotes( reduces) are public information.
If you are browsing through https://kbin.social/ or whatever just click on “more” then activity.
There you’ll see info like boosts, reduces (downvotes), and favorites (upvotes?)
Works with all instances for lemmy or kbin material
That’s true, I don’t think it should be allowed.
I think it is fine, since likes on twitter have been public. People just need to change their habits on upvoting and downvoting that they got used to when they were on reddit. So need to adjust to how people would go and downvote whatever comment they disliked and move on. Now that stuff is public, so maybe it can help against brigading?
I’m more concerned about the more toxic people having access to the names and profiles of people who downvote them. Reddit had a lot of crazies, and it seems like a good tool for targeted harassment. Not to mention, what’s stopping them from having alt accounts on different instances and continuing even after they’ve been blocked or even banned on one account?
That is valid. It’s part of why I wanted to make people know about how upvoting and downvoting works so they can be more mindful about how they use it.
Why not? If you are not willing to show colour, the simply don’t vote.
Because we can have better privacy without discouraging engagement.
I see the visibility as a great positive.
How is my privacy affected if my votes are visible?
It affects those who don’t want their votes visible and for random stranger to track their activities. That’s why this is better as an opt in for those who want them and have them be invisible for those who don’t want to share it. Think of how you can set your Youtube playlists like favourites to private or unlisted.
