Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I understand that this information is already basically public but there is a thin barrier to the average nitwit user accessing such information and going in a rampage screwing with people who have downloaded them. I’ll say this, if they make it more public I think I will just simply stop voting. I will continue to use Lemmy but only as a passive user.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I don’t even run with votes enabled(I can vote but can’t see scores) on my clients, but like yeah this will definitely make me second guess any type of interaction with voting for both directions because I don’t want to become a target for harassment. It defeats the purpose in my opinion of having the system in the first place if someone can’t truthfully vote the way they want.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I think in one sense it can be good. Sometimes it is counterproductive to downvote someone from 1 to 0. I think this would prevent that, as the first downvote is probably the most important one.
But I agree that making any data public will allow everyone to be categorized easily. “This person dislikes this content and likes other content.”
Remember, you are giving this info to everyone. Mark Zuckerberg will be able to see what you like and dislike in all public votes.