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I agree that it’s good to let users know that their votes are public, but I think it would be better to just tell them that (kind of like how Mastodon says “heads up, DMs are not encrypted”) and not by also giving them easy access to that information. Simply because if it’s easier for more people to do, then more people will be tempted to do it.

I definitely agree that downvotes should be reconsidered entirely. It’s basically outsourcing moderation duties to the users, not to mention that people will always incorrectly use it as a “disagree” button.

True, but some UI decisions can make good behavior easier, or unhealthy behavior harder. Even if downvotes are technically public already, I think it’s a good idea to at least have a little bit of a barrier up, to make it less tempting to check. Having to manually go to lemvotes provides a decent barrier.

This is the first I’ve heard about it (I’m on piefed myself), but I don’t think it’s a good idea. People will get snippier when they have this info available to them.