Don_Dickle@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhat are some unwritten rules of Lemmy most users don't know?message-squaremessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some unwritten rules of Lemmy most users don't know?Don_Dickle@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square232fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoFormer Redditors are used to upvotes/downvotes being private by default. But this really depends on the user. Most reasons for this would be privacy related reasons. Some users vote differently knowing that their votes are public. If they want to vote freely they would consider an option like this. To combat profiling from others/corporations. To avoid certain users that take downvotes way too seriously.
Why care?
Former Redditors are used to upvotes/downvotes being private by default.
But this really depends on the user. Most reasons for this would be privacy related reasons.
Some users vote differently knowing that their votes are public. If they want to vote freely they would consider an option like this.
To combat profiling from others/corporations.
To avoid certain users that take downvotes way too seriously.