Comment on Upvotes and downvotes are public information on Lemmy
gazby@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Sir, this is the Fediverse.
Comment on Upvotes and downvotes are public information on Lemmy
gazby@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Sir, this is the Fediverse.
npdean@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It is nowhere explicitly made clear to users that voting is public. It should be made clear if it is going to be
gazby@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s the other way around here: Everything is public except where it’s made clear that it won’t be (e.g. email address, password).
For what it’s worth, your instance of choice is particularly negligent in regard to informing its users. Compare lemmy.today/legal to lemmy.world/legal, or their respective signup pages for examples. There’s little that Lemmy itself or the community at large can do about that 😞
npdean@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It needs to be fixed. Every user is having a different user experience during account creation but everyone’s information is being federated equally.
gazby@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
They don’t seem very active, but you can try reaching your instance admin at lemmy.today/u/mrmanager
dirtydocmark@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
npdean@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It is made clear because there is an option to see all the votes right next to the like button. Similarly, many sites allow you to go through activity of people you follow.
dirtydocmark@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You can see the number of votes here too.
zeca@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I think its a fair assumption that most people make that whatever data which isnt explicitly displayed to a regular user is not public. Having likes be public but hidden is misleading.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 months ago
An EU resident could sue for emotional damages under the GDPR. Or maybe just complain to data protection authorities.
One day it will happen.
npdean@lemmy.today 2 months ago
I hope it does. Lemmy should not get benefit of the doubt just because it is open source