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Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?
    1. Currently, any admin can modify any local user activity, can't they?
    2. Not really, your local instance may still hold the vote data for validation. And therefore could be ported and resigned.
    3. Don't see the problem.
    4. Today, each instance decides whomever they want federation with. The ones who decide the criteria should be the same ones who decide whom the instance federates with.
  • Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say
  • Your first comment expands on both privacy and security. There is no privacy without some type of security.

    Now to answer your questions: Yes and yes. Users from c/all were downvoting posts from a small community I'm a part of because they don't agree with. I couldn't see the posts from small communities that are important to me because of that. Now we have the possibility to sort by "scaled", which fixes that. Sometimes there are discussions that are very relevant as to who is voting for what. But that discussion has nothing to do with privacy, which was your first point and went unacknowledged on your second comment.

  • Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say
  • Not only admins can see the votes, but anyone on Fediverse (except regular Lemmy users) can see them.

    Security through obscurity is prone to failure when it is used by itself. If people want their votes to actually be private then another method of securing their privacy should be created.

  • Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?
  • User choice would be best indeed. The problem is that currently the votes are public but hidden from Lemmy regular users. Anonymize votes seems to be such a big problem the devs don't even want to consider it.

  • Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?
  • I completely agree with the idea of more accountability. We are real people in acting public right here, we should be constantly aware that our actions have consequences. If you don't want your pseudonym associated with a vote, don't do it. It's kinda like the opposite of 4chan, where instand of anonymous controversial content on top, here we have human-curated content being pushed up.

  • Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?
  • What it the instance signs the activity? Then it propagates to others instances after local validation. That way only local admins would have access to voting data. Malicious instances could still be defederated/blocked/have votes disregarded.

  • Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?

    Currently, almost anyone in the Fediverse can see Lemmys votes. Lemmy admins can see votes, as well as mods. Only regular Lemmy users can't. Should the Lemmy devs create a way to make the votes anonymous?

    There is a discussion going on right now considering "making the Lemmy votes public" but I think that premisse is just wrong. The votes are public already, they're just hidden from Lemmy users. Anyone from a kbin/mbin/fedia instance can check out the votes if they are so inclined.

    The users right now may fall into a false sense of privacy when voting because the votes are hidden from Lemmy users. If you want to vote something and not show up on the vote list, please create another account to support that type of content and don't tell anyone.

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    Do non-vegans really refuse to date vegans?
  • I prefer to not talk about the direct topic of veganism on the first dates (unless I have to). Most people don't know what's veganism and are even scared of the word.

    I'd rather know the person first and see if our values align with other questions, like: 'do you think animals feel pain?' or 'what do you think about factory farming?'.

    But I gotta tell you, dating vegans is probably much easier. It will be easier to get a consensus on where to go for dinner, it will be easier to go shopping and you won't get invited to watch dog fighting and these kinds of stuff omnis do.

  • What is the easiest way to try all the DEs?
  • It would be best to try every single one separately, otherwise you'll have dozens of programs that do the exact same thing, like file explorers.

    That said, with Fedora you can list available desktop environments using the default package manager, dnf. In a terminal use the dnf group list command to list all available desktop environments:

    dnf group list --available *desktop

    Install the required desktop environment using the dnf install command. Ensure to prefix with the @ sign, for example:

    dnf install @kde-desktop-environment

    After trying the DE, you can remove it with:

    dnf remove @kde-desktop-environment

  • Who have logs of how users vote?
  • I think we should make every interaction publicly available, until we find a way to actually make it private. As you've said, anyone who wants and have the means will see the information anyway.

  • Who have logs of how users vote?
  • Vote brigading matters. If you're subscribed to a 'controversial' community and every post gets downvoted to oblivion, you and other subscribers who sort by 'hot/top' won't see the post unless they go directly to the community.

    This slowly kills the community, even if its users are active on Lemmy.

  • Could feral chicken take over the Amazon ?
  • The jaguar and anaconda population would increase for a few generations, but it would balance it out after a while.

    Why do you think feral chickens are a concern? Most chicken farms in Brazil are much farther from the Amazon, the deforestation land is mostly used to grow soy for animal feed.

  • How long have you been vegan and what are some of your staple dishes?

    I've been vegan for about 12 years (13 in January) after reading some discussions on Reddit about the theme, they hit me really hard after a beloved dog companion passed away.

    I make pb&j daily, since it's so easy and yummy. I often eat beans and rice, fried rice, the most varied curries and farofa!

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    Our posts are being downvoted by c/all and losing reach within our community

    What can we do to prevent this? There aren't that many of us, and posts being hidden can really hinder our discussions.

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    How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation’s beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts
    www.eurekalert.org How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation’s beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts

    A Tulane University study found that 12% of Americans, mostly men or people aged 50-65, consume half of all beef on a given day, contributing to adverse health and environmental impacts. Educational programs targeting this group may help reduce consumption and address environmental concerns, as beef...

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    Would running a Lemmy/kbin instance on your phone be feasible?

    Libp2p or similar stack could be used to provide the phone instance an address, caching could be distributed among peers. Of course, as long as other servers also support libp2p.

    What would be the up/downsides?

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    Fried rice with leftover veggies

    I improvised a wood fired stove with bricks to achieve 'wok hei' (wok breath) and fortunately it worked! You can see the charring on the veggies and rice, it's really delicious

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    Mapo Tofu Sichuan style

    This was my second try at this dish. It's incredible how yummy the doubanjian and how fragrant the Sichuan peppers are.

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