Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say
kux@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoYou mentioned accountability
not really. but yes i believe your online profile as vague as that term is can and should remain distinct from your irl personal info
MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Can you see how easily one can use that logic to basically be as abusive as they want online and be A-OK with their online account being held accountable as long as it doesn’t actually impact their personal life?
kux@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
it’s a bit slippery slopey but yes i suppose so. if your downvoting sprees amount to being abusive as the admins or mods define it then on their terms your account should be banned, ip banned, whatever. i don’t think there’s any voting based behaviour that gets you in irl trouble, obviously posts inciting violence, sending credible threats or other behaviour that gets you noticed by your regional authorities is another kettle of fish, but none of that seems relevant to up/downvotes being visible