For what it’s worth, admins/employees on Reddit (or any other website) can also see upvote records.
Comment on Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?
Xirup@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
Wait a minute, so any admin can see which posts do I upvote/downvote?
otter@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
this is different, oc is talking about “any admin”. Anyone can make a lemmy server and become a server admin from which they might be able to see the voters
bamboo@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Yep. On kbin I think any user can too.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Yep and they ban people as they see fit, across different communities, based on votes anywhere
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
Yes, by looking in the DB or the data that’s federated as it comes through
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
yes, and any instance owner on any federated instance. Oh, and anyone on Kbin.
Link@rentadrunk.org 5 weeks ago
Furthermore, anyone can spin up a Lemmy server if they want to see people’s votes. It’s not very hard or load the same post in kbin/mbin.