I recently learned that voting on lemmy is not anonymous. Anyone can get information about who has upvoted and downvoted a post or comment.

In combination with your IP, this is a massive privacy (maybe even physical security) risk. Also, people can target you for your votes.

Sadly, this is something where I would prefer Reddit over Lemmy. Big tech scrapes data from both places anyways, at least Reddit is safe.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

There’s a certain level of cowardice in simply downvoting without explaining why you disagree.

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When someone makes a controversial claim, you can first downvote them, then dunk on them in a reply - and now they’re being downvoted into oblivion while you get applause for your smug comment.

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If someone asks me to explain why I downvoted something, I might explain or I might not

Dude, pick a lane.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't see a conflict here but I'm happy to explain if you elaborate on what's confusing about what I said.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And forth we have you downvoting without an explanation (the thing you said was cowardly) after you said:

    I'm happy to explain if you elaborate

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have not downvoted you in this thread.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Of course you haven't. Still not seeing the promised explanation.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    First we have "the problem is downvoting without a reply" (which for the record is the argument of a Sea Lion. Downvote and move on is perfectly acceptable)

    Then we have "the problem is seeing downvotes and replying" which... Didn't you just ask for replys when downvotes?

    Finally we have "if asked I may or may not explain why I downvoted" which again is contrary to your initial issue of "people downvoting without giving a reason why" as you apparently are doing that exact thing and you might give a reason why if asked.

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