[–] 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

Like someone else said, how would you feel if someone was collecting all user votes across the threadiverse and tracking who likes and dislikes each post, say about politics or just a news story?

We are mostly / usually anonymous here but like everything online, I wouldn't totally count on that. Not to sound like too much of a crackpot, but "Enemy of the state" could be a real label some government could put on you, based on your voting, in the future.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

    On Lemmy? As others have said, they're automatically federated and so anyone can see them.

    On Piefed though? I have a user setting where I can choose whether my votes federate and I can override that default on a given post if I choose with a hot key. That's how it should be. IMHO, more of y'all should use Piefed.

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