Edit: obligatory explanation (thanks mods for squaring me away)…

What you see via the UI isn’t “all that exists”. Unlike Reddit, where everything is a black box, there are a lot more eyeballs who can see “under the hood”. Any instance admin, proper or rogue, gets a ton of information that users won’t normally see. The attached example demonstrates that while users will only see upvote/downvote tallies, admins can see who actually performed those actions.

Edit: To clarify, not just YOUR instance admin gets this info. This is ANY instance admin across the Fediverse.

  • chris@l.roofo.ccEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    It seems you have a few options:

    1. Put in the work yourself and change it.
    2. Finde someone who puts in their work to change it
    3. Accept that this is how it works
    4. Leave the fediverse

    Option 1. has the highest chance of getting your changes but option 2. might work as well. I wish you luck if you choose these options.

    Option 3. seems unlikely from your comments.

    Option 4. is maybe the easiest option for you then. And I say that without wanting you gone. I’d like you to stay but I don’t think the fediverse can accommodate your demands.

    I’d like to point out a flaw with your analogy though: if you go to a restaurant you pay the people to make what you want. The Lemmy Devs do this for free for you. A better analogy is going to a potluck without bringing anything and being unhappy about the lack of steak.