If you can create a Lemmy instance and federate, you can shovel data about every vote linked to an account
If you can create a Lemmy instance and federate, you can shovel data about every vote linked to an account
I've created this post: https://sh.itjust.works/post/8898162
And some admin showed they can see how the upvotes\downvotes go.
If you are concerned about privacy, you should know, that this data on Lemmy can be easily mined and tracked.
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From when I was asking about it, I think it's only the instance admins that can see the details. It would be nice to have this information clearly outlined somewhere, so people know and aren't surprised.
Maybe a table like
What can each person see
Lemmy
Other users Community Moderators Instance Admins info A1 info B1 info C1 (all) info A2 info B2 info C2 (home instance) info A3 info B3 info C3 (community's instance)
Reddit
Other users Community Moderators Instance Admins info A1 info B1 info C1 (all) info A2 info B2 info C2 (all) info A3 info B3 info C3 (all) info A4 info B4 info C4 (all)
Anyone can see any upvote from federated users via kbin -- for example, the upvotes on the comment this is a reply to can be seen here: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/616970/If-you-can-create-a-Lemmy-instance-and-federate-you/comment/3491191/favourites
That may not be complete or consistent though given the way federation works.
Downvotes from lemmy do not show up. (Not sure why not; haven't dug into it.) Only downvotes from kbin members are shown on kbin. Also unclear to me if downvotes between different kbin/mbin instances show up or if it's the local instance only. (I've only noticed local downvotes, but haven't really been looking.)
Oh huh
Well that might discourage people from voting...
Yeah, I had a mixed reaction to finding that out a while ago, but I'm kind of just rolling with it for now. Votes are just simply NOT private on here, for better or worse. My feeling right now is that it's sort of positive from a community feel perspective, but I'm also avoiding interacting with a lot of subjects I consider more controversial.
Probably we'll end up developing a culture of either lots of alts used simultaneously, short lived accounts with regular name changes, or both as people become more aware of this. Either that or people will just say "Fuck it. You really want to see all the weird porn I like and my political preferences and what not? Don't blame me if you regret looking!" :p
Appreciate the thoughts, it gives me more to think about. I've also been avoiding controversial subject matter and I think I'll avoid it even more now.
I do think the Fediverse needs to improve privacy and ease of use for alts. I've seen a lot of stuff over the years on Reddit that an authoritarian government would love to get their hands on. I guess the fediverse, by design, can't be private? I worry that someone who doesn't know better will get hurt because they don't understand the risks.
All the more reason to join trusted instances with solid admins, and to keep your Lemmy profile separate from your real identity.
A possible workflow right now might be to browse on one account, and post comments from another. Boost on Reddit made that easier, but I don't think the Lemmy one does that yet
The table rendering does not work, at least for me on mobile (jerboa android)
Connect app makes it work. Some are slow to implement the uniformal markdown.
Works in Voyager Android
I think the table should be off site on a guide website
As for the rendering, which app are you using? I've found that too (Boost misses most rendering for me)
Rendering broken in Memmy for me.
Jerboa.
i have seen tables with this app in other communitites therefore I thought its a typo.
Odd, I wonder what the difference is