[Discussion] Should votes be displayed publicly? · Issue #4967 · LemmyNet/lemmy
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Question I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on possibly making votes public. This has been discussed in a lot of other issues, but here's a dedicated one for discussion. Positives Could help figh...
  • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    I don’t want some nutjob with too much time stalking me because I upvoted something about climate change or downvoted some bigoted shit.

    They can read your comment history why would you care about them being able to see what you upvoted?

    Voting on Reddit-like platforms is soft moderation by a community, and if you disincentive that,

    How does that disincentive it? It actually makes it better

    • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I specifically don’t comment on people that give off the vibe they might be one of those kind of nutjobs, precisely because it gives them a notification with my username attached if I do. I’m on this site to kill some time with low effort, I want to minimise the risk of attracting the attention of some weirdo.

      I downvote in those scenarios and then report if appropriate. If enough other users feel the same way the comment goes down to the bottom of the thread and fewer users see it. Especially if it’s something that a mod eventually removes, as it reduces the reach until a mod can get to it.

      If I risk retaliation for doing that, I (and others) will just stop, meaning those comments stay up front & centre and we lose that soft moderation plus that engagement in general. Going into the comments will just end up being a worse experience