Does lemmy has option to view what I upvoted or downvoted?
I looked in my profile but I couldn’t find it.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    1 year ago

    I saw someone comment that “votes are public” on Lemmy but couldn’t ask what they meant by that because of server hiccups going on (and now I can’t find that thread again). I’m still wondering what they meant by that because it still seems hidden and there isn’t even a way to see what I have done myself.

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      1 year ago

      They were likely referring to the fact that due to how ActivityPub works, the server database does in fact contain all the details on exactly who up/down voted what, and that this data is publically accessible in a couple ways. So unlike on reddit, you could, if you wanted, find out exactly who is downvoting your shit.

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        1 year ago

        I believe if you hosted your own instance you would have to get access because of how federation works, so it might stay as something like most apps/uis won’t expose it because it’s a little invasive, but it’s definitely still accessible without too much work.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe there’s API endpoint that returns users votes? Although for example Twitter’s likes are public I think that whether user votes are public or not should be up to user to decide. But everyone atleast should see it’s own votes.