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Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say (github.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by rimu@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Probably better to post in the github issue rather than replying here.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4967

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[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Absolutely braindead consideration by the devs. I'll be quitting Lemmy if/when this is pushed through. Unbelievably stupid.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Please be aware that votes are already public, they just aren't shown in the UI. Other apps than Lemmy show the votes.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I know. But don't you have to be an instance admin to see them? Or can anyone do it? I feel like most people have no idea how to do it? Seems like a change if everyone can easily do it.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

On Lemmy, only admins and mods can see them. But on many other fediverse apps, like Mbin for instance, the votes are public to anyone. For instance, here's the votes for my comment you replied to as seen from Mbin.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh lol so even if the Lemmy devs made it private, mbin and others would let you see them anyway?

Also, what is mbin? A kbin fork?

Also rip. I'm really not a fan of public upvotes/downvotes. I think it will lead to people harassing each other. Let's be realistic.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the underlying protocol does not support private votes. This has been mentioned plenty of times in the thread as well.

Yes it is a kbin fork I believe.

Also rip. I’m really not a fan of public upvotes/downvotes. I think it will lead to people harassing each other. Let’s be realistic.

I mean, I'm honestly not convinced it will lead to as many problems as people think it will. But I think we should let each instance decide for itself whether to have it public or not.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well even if an instance decides to hide it, people on other platforms can still see it? Or do i misunderstand?

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, exactly.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 3 months ago

Yea then I guess the argument is moot lol. Oh well. Not a fan of it but seems to come with the federation territory.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I know. But don't you have to be an instance admin to see them? Or can anyone do it? I feel like most people have no idea how to do it? Seems like a change if everyone can easily do it.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

Your votes are already public and have been since you joined. There is just a slight barrier to entry to viewing the details that aren't shown on frontends.