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Are votes meant to be secret? (nerdica.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://nerdica.net/objects/a85d7459-2062-fb8c-41e8-d80431578764

From the UI that pretty much copies Reddit's in the regard, it would seem that yes. However, the votes are actually not secret. Maybe they were when they were local, but now they are transmitted to the federated instances. From other platforms, like Friendica, one can actually see the votes as (dis)likes. I can see your votes.

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The original post contains a more detailed discussion, but I feel like the question deserved to be asked here as well.

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