npdean @ npdean @lemmy.today

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The thing is they make it extremely clear that votes are public by letting you see who voted right next to the button.

Lemmy hides this feature and most users don’t know about it.

Votes being public is a lemmy specific issue

I don’t understand

How is Reddit less secure than Lemmy?

Blocking is a bandaid to the problem.

I don’t understand why people are calling me a coward. I gave an unpopular opinion, I stood by it and then made a post that might subject my account to scrutiny.

Ok I have ro ask, have you studied philosophy or language? Your comments are so well formed with proper terminology.

Thank you for saying it. I thought I was going mad.

Ok at the risk of being downvoted to oblivion, why do you think Russia invaded Ukraine?

Mind you, I still think Russia did the wrong thing but there is nuance.

if someone offers a simple solution to a complex problem, they probably don’t know what they’re talking about.

New quote added to my journal

People are free to their opinions. Not everyone will fit into your concept of ethics. If you are calling out someone for their non-conventional opinion, you are against free speech.

Exactly my point. It is a form of witch-hunt. People are too focused on my views on the Russia-Ukraine than the actual topic.

I am not bent out of shape. I said what I said and I stand by it. I am surprised about the public nature of my votes.

It is a solution but it is a solution to a problem which should not exist.

It is okay to have public votes but it should be made clear to the users. Instagram and others allow you to see who has liked easily (next to the like button), so everyone knows it is public. Lemmy does not let me see who voted easily and it being a reddit alternative further makes it seem anonymous.

I took it up with a mod. They said it is public information. That is how I learned about it. Mods won’t do shit if they favor the abuser.

I know you are being sarcastic and edgy but point is that voting is assumed to be private by the average person because it is anonymous in elections, it is anonymous on the closest social platform Reddit and popular websites like youtube.

I am a coward for having a different opinion and then putting it on display after being called out about it?

Admins can have IPs. What do you mean "you don’t"?

Every IP has a geolocation.

Yeah, if I put in my name and address when commenting

You underestimate how much information we leak through just using the Internet.

Value of an opinion should not be judged by whom it comes from.