Interesting difference from Reddit: Upvotes/Downvotes are not anonymous

o_o@programming.dev to Lemmy@lemmy.ml – 118 points –

Hey folks! Just realized something that makes Lemmy different from Reddit. Because of the federation, your votes are not technically anonymous on Lemmy. At least, I think.

Although there’s no UI to look at a user’s voting history yet, one could conceivably be built by an instance. Perhaps coincidentally, I hear there’s instances out there populated by mostly bots?

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How do you identify a bot account?

If they vote in a way I don't like, they're a bot. If they don't vote in a way that I like, also a bot. In fact, if they vote at all, probably a bot

Undercook the fish? Bot, believe it or not.