this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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You Should Know

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YSK - for all the things that can make your life easier!

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Edit: obligatory explanation (thanks mods for squaring me away)...

What you see via the UI isn't "all that exists". Unlike Reddit, where everything is a black box, there are a lot more eyeballs who can see "under the hood". Any instance admin, proper or rogue, gets a ton of information that users won't normally see. The attached example demonstrates that while users will only see upvote/downvote tallies, admins can see who actually performed those actions.

Edit: To clarify, not just YOUR instance admin gets this info. This is ANY instance admin across the Fediverse.

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[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

I think this is great. Same idea as cryptocurrency blockchains. PUBLIC ledgers mofos.

[–] aspensmonster@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hot take: Public voting records are good actually.

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Let the record show: I downvoted this

There's a reason all irl votes are private.

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[–] snowbell@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago
[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is like saying, "I know your mother is female".

[–] muddybulldog@mylemmy.win 0 points 2 years ago

Not to get off topic, but in this day and age that's not nearly the clear cut statement that it used to be.

[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I don’t even know why upvoting and downvoting should be private in the first place

[–] scurzon@rammy.site 0 points 2 years ago

Big if true

[–] cakeistheanswer@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fully expected to be buried since I'm late to the party.

That's really only half of it, there is no real erasure possible when everyone's holding a cached copy. Personally... I kind of like it, I don't hold any value to the words I contribute here as long as they're for everyone.

But everything and everyone is living in concentric glass houses here.

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[–] _MoveSwiftly@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hello there, and welcome to our community! I hope you like it in here.

Could you please include some body text as to why should people know this, and how would that help them? It’s our second rule. Thank you :)

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[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

So what you are saying is if I cyberstalk someone, then its easier to out me?

[–] Ech@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

How would one find this? Is it just a console command?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I agree that this is a good fit for YSK, however, I think it's important to keep in mind that privacy isn't a main goal of the system. It's designed to distribute the cost and responsibility and be difficult to take down or influence as a whole network, but it does not appear to be designed to hide user activities.

In fact, I propose that we keep this information publicly listed so that users are under no illusion that their interaction with Lemmy is private. Transparency and communication prevents misunderstandings.

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[–] Landrin201@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit always had this too though. In every app I used there was an "up voted" and "down voted" tab when I would look at someone's profile

Maybe it was an api thing?

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[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

I don't mind this, but what about my email, is that also publicly available? What about my password? I had to give my email to confirm my sigup to this instance. It would be pretty shitty if my email was up for grabs now. Think of the poor idiots who use the same password for every service they use.

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