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: Obligatory RIP my inbox.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    E.g. someone using your account to view illegal content in a community you are not a member of, and you being held accountable

    Can you explain what you mean here? How would someone else be using your account without your knowledge?