What does open source itself mean?
Does it mean anybody can access information about lemmy like upvotes?
Can any person access lemmy data to know what I upvote?
What does open source itself mean?
Does it mean anybody can access information about lemmy like upvotes?
Can any person access lemmy data to know what I upvote?
Unless your instance admin actively blocks lemvotes you anyone can see your vote history
https://lemvotes.org/user/Karl@literature.cafe
The Lemmy source code is open source so anyone can run it and use it within the bounds of the licence.
Not true, because anyone else can spin up their own instance and see them too. Nothing is private here, on purpose.
Any Mbin instance lets you see people’s upvotes too. Though they sadly don’t show downvotes anymore.