It feels like this is very intense here compared to other social media services/protocols.

Why is that?

  • dbtng@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 day ago

    Well, it’s really more than that.
    Due to the nature of Lemmy, where all the data is public in lemvotes, I’ve come to consider a downvote a personal fuk-u, signed from me.
    And sometimes I absolutely do want to deliver that direct message to another user, and so I do use downvotes. I do so fully aware that the person I’m judging may judge me in return.

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      21 hours ago

      all the data is public in lemvotes

      not all, its defederated from .ml for example

      However if you’re an admin on any instance you can still freely see votes

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        14 hours ago

        Hmm. Interesting. But I act as if my actions are completely public in all places in Lemmy.
        Really. I’ve been using this nick for 35 years. I’ve published a few things.
        Wouldn’t be too hard to track me down and make my life hell. It would be best if that doesn’t happen.
        I don’t hold back with my feedback to idiots online, but I avoid crusaders, and carefully consider my downvotes.