Edit: obligatory explanation (thanks mods for squaring me away)...

What you see via the UI isn't "all that exists". Unlike Reddit, where everything is a black box, there are a lot more eyeballs who can see "under the hood". Any instance admin, proper or rogue, gets a ton of information that users won't normally see. The attached example demonstrates that while users will only see upvote/downvote tallies, admins can see who actually performed those actions.

Edit: To clarify, not just YOUR instance admin gets this info. This is ANY instance admin across the Fediverse.

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[–] 44 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

Lol. kids these days would post their bank info online if the banks didn't prevent them from doing so.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    You say that like A/S/L wasn't a thing back in the day.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    19/f/Cali was the only acceptable response

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Even back then we were told never to reveal that sort of stuff online. How many of us do you think were telling the truth?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You think someone would do that?

    Just go on the internet and tell lies?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't want to shame anyone, but I've had people sign up give me their full DoB and offering to show me their ID. I know of people who disclose their id to get access to nsfw discord communities.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    DUDE MY GIRLFRIEND FUCKING DID THAT AND I JUST LOOKED AT HER AND ASKED HER IF SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. In hindsight no, thankfully she's gonna be moving soonish. This was from before we were together, otherwise I would have warned her not to do that. It was the same discord she got a cyberstalker from, thankfully the stalker wasn't a friend of the owner because otherwise he totally could have gotten her address and irl info.

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