Isn’t that privacy more illusory than actual? You’re not surfacing the web pages which show the votes, but the protocol is openly sharing that info and anybody can still see what your instance’s users have voted on just by looking at them from a different instance. I’m not going to out anybody, but it was trivial for me to find that thread here on kbin.social and see exactly who upvoted it, including a kglitch.social user.
Same. I also like how they don’t push comments down the page.
People are going to use it as a disagree button, let them do it publicly. If you don’t want other people to know you downvoted something, it’s probably because they made a good point that you don’t like.
I agree with this. I think if you don’t agree but don’t feel so strongly to let others know you disagree, just skip voting.
With that being said, something people should consider are the bad-faith actors who will track communities and harass individuals who engage in downvoting – this is something that will indeed be a problem for more hot button issues or politically motivated posting.
Public. But on my instance they are private. And a lot more improvements.
More -> Activity shows who boosted.
Isn’t that privacy more illusory than actual? You’re not surfacing the web pages which show the votes, but the protocol is openly sharing that info and anybody can still see what your instance’s users have voted on just by looking at them from a different instance. I’m not going to out anybody, but it was trivial for me to find that thread here on kbin.social and see exactly who upvoted it, including a kglitch.social user.
I quite like them being public.
Same. I also like how they don’t push comments down the page.
People are going to use it as a disagree button, let them do it publicly. If you don’t want other people to know you downvoted something, it’s probably because they made a good point that you don’t like.
I agree with this. I think if you don’t agree but don’t feel so strongly to let others know you disagree, just skip voting.
With that being said, something people should consider are the bad-faith actors who will track communities and harass individuals who engage in downvoting – this is something that will indeed be a problem for more hot button issues or politically motivated posting.