[Discussion] Should votes be displayed publicly? · Issue #4967 · LemmyNet/lemmy
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Question I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on possibly making votes public. This has been discussed in a lot of other issues, but here's a dedicated one for discussion. Positives Could help figh...
  • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    Hard no from me

    I don’t want some nutjob with too much time stalking me because I upvoted something about climate change or downvoted some bigoted shit. We all know those fuckos are out there

    Voting on Reddit-like platforms is soft moderation by a community, and if you disincentive that, the whole model kinda falls apart IMO

    • Veticia@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      11 months ago

      On a backend yes. But it’s not as easy to get to as just opening your profile and forming opinion on you by looking at your voting history.