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.

  • @azuth
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    41 year ago

    The posts just contain a URL which doesn’t include the uploader’s ip address or their browser string.

    • BitOneZero @ .world
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      71 year ago

      When the browser loads that URL, hotlinked image, that server has to have your IP address to return the results. Just browsing posts those images are being loaded.

      • @azuth
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        51 year ago

        Of course. They dont get any info to associate your IP with your lemmy account. You could even not have a lemmy account at all.

      • @azuth
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        21 year ago

        Of course. They dont get any info to associate your IP with your lemmy account. You could even not have a lemmy account at all.

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        11 year ago

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