• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    “All you’d need to do is set up an instance” is waaaayyyyyy more work than “all you need to do is click their profile”

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      3 months ago

      Is this meant to be reassuring? Because it really isn’t at all, and it just seems like you’re being dismissive to downplay the issue.

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        3 months ago

        No, I just don’t see how setting up an entire instance being a good argument. As others have suggested you can check it from mbin right now. I couldn’t find it though. If that’s the case then my opinion changes.

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          3 months ago

          So because it’s hard for you to access but easier for others, it’s not a problem? One user could just publicize the info on a more accessible website.

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            3 months ago

            I don’t view it as a problem in the same way I don’t view messages not being end to end encrypted as a problem. I assume admins can see everything.

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      3 months ago

      You don’t need a whole instance, you just need a user on another service that have votes public, like Mbin.

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        3 months ago

        I checked and didn’t see them there, but maybe I was looking in the wrong place. Not saying they don’t exist there. Fwiw, I wouldn’t be replying with what I did if people had said something like that instead. I just find it laughable that people suggest setting up a whole instance as if that’s a simple thing. Checking from an mbin instance is a much better argument.