An EU resident could sue for emotional damages under the GDPR. Or maybe just complain to data protection authorities.
One day it will happen.
Comment on Upvotes and downvotes are public information on Lemmy
npdean@lemmy.today 16 hours agoIt is nowhere explicitly made clear to users that voting is public. It should be made clear if it is going to be
General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
gazby@lemmy.zip 16 hours 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 😞
dirtydocmark@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Why would it need to be made clear? Likes on Facebook are public, nowhere does it say “liking this photo will alert every friend you have that you just liked your syepdaughters’ friends’ bikini pic from 2 years ago.”
I like the public vote system. Anonymous systems have a much greater potential for abuse.
Accounts are easy enough to make that you can just burn your account every few months if you’re that worried.
npdean@lemmy.today 5 hours 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 5 hours ago
You can see the number of votes here too.
npdean@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
I can see the number of votes but not who voted. This gives the impression that this information is not available publicly. However, it can be accessed by anyone on third party websites.