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PSA: every interaction you make with various posts on kbin is viewable to everyone. (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zeste@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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If you click on the "more" button under a comment or link there will be an activity tab. In this tab you can see everyone who has boosted, favourited or reduced the post. I'm not sure if this a
Is a good feature but it's interesting to see when someone decides to reduce all of your content for no reason.

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[–] muftiboy@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I think that regular users don't really care, why would anyone obsess about tracking down which account liked which post? the only people who get into that sort of thing, are people who likely manipulate with multiple accounts themselves. and they don't wanna be traceable and that's why they're afraid of this feature.

[–] Adama@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s a fair point. But there are people who live in situations where such activity has legal/societal implications.

Think some countries that put people to death for blasphemy or people in the states who associate being transgender with being literal child molesters.

Sure keep your account private but that isn’t always feasible even if you try. We see people get doxxed even from innocuous breadcrumbs of statements made over time.

Or don’t favorite/upvote and yet it’s easy to inadvertently do so which can be an issue.

That’s why I’m for a way to handle it, if possible, that minimizes the bad actors. And if not possible then it needs to be really really clear.

Like “upvote” is followed by something that succinctly notes “Favorite saved and ready to share across the fediverse”

[–] Can_you_change_your_username@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's also a potential accessibility issue. Fear of being watched or tracked is a symptom of a variety of mental health issues as well as a common consequence of being a victim of abuse or other types of violence. Something I want from a Reddit replacement, and the thing that made Reddit the only acceptable social media for me several years ago, is the ability to maximize anonymity. The server is going store and be able to trace every interaction and I'm okish with that because it's the trade off for not having to be on 4chan and having some semblance of civilization but the less I can control what information is publicly viewable the less I'm going to be willing to interact with the platform.

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