Rimu@piefed.social to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoLemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your saygithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square851fedilinkarrow-up1830arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1811arrow-down1external-linkLemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your saygithub.comRimu@piefed.social to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square851fedilinkfile-text
Probably better to post in the github issue rather than replying here. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4967
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down6·2 years agoYou only get to vote privately because the system can still verify that each person only gets to vote once. There is no such mechanism on the internet. Anyone can make multiple accounts and vote multiple times.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoRight. We are IDEALLY only identifiable by our content and where to reach us at for a given persona online. A contrary ideal for where votes are supposed to represent an actual plurality of stake holders in the social contract.
You only get to vote privately because the system can still verify that each person only gets to vote once.
There is no such mechanism on the internet. Anyone can make multiple accounts and vote multiple times.
Right. We are IDEALLY only identifiable by our content and where to reach us at for a given persona online.
A contrary ideal for where votes are supposed to represent an actual plurality of stake holders in the social contract.
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