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Interesting difference from Reddit: Upvotes/Downvotes are not anonymous (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by o_o@programming.dev to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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Hey folks! Just realized something that makes Lemmy different from Reddit. Because of the federation, your votes are not technically anonymous on Lemmy. At least, I think.

Although there’s no UI to look at a user’s voting history yet, one could conceivably be built by an instance. Perhaps coincidentally, I hear there’s instances out there populated by mostly bots?

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[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

My plan was just to assume a new identity every 6 months or so and never post identifiable information. I see how that would be a problem if someone where to use their real identity. In that case, they probably wouldn't vote at all, that's not great. Maybe have a separate anonymous account ? And only use your real account for making "statements" including your votes.