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.

  • vinnymac@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    As I’ve explained elsewhere, this is just what popped into my mind.

    Many scenarios exist where you view content you did not intend on viewing.

    For example, have you ever been Rick Rolled?