Oh wow. Just looked at the votes of a harmless happy post that had lots of upvotes and a few downvotes. With this tool, I was able to figure out who was that one downvoter. Well, then I dug a bit deeper, and found out that this user seems to be a serial downvoter. Every day, there's a proper barrage of downvotes directed at pretty much anything and everything.

I have very mixed feelings about this discovery. Kinda nice to know all this, but it certainly didn't make me happier.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

It's a nice tool for admins and mods, but then again they already pretty much had access to this information. I've always believed votes are obscured for good reason, and knowing how people vote on your posts and comments is only going to bring about negative emotions.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait, we did? I'm a mod and had no idea I could see peoples' votes. How do I do that? I say, as I probably will never use it until I start seeing my communities consistently getting downvotes on inoffensive posts that have no misinformation and are clearly on topic.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vertical dots menu - View votes

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey you are right, thank you!

For any other mods unaware of this feature, it only works on posts in communities you mod.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

You're welcome!

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not a mod but that's my understanding yes. An actual mod could probably help you, I guess ask for help in a fediverse/Lemmy support community?

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Vertical dots menu - View votes

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