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.

  • azuth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

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

    • BitOneZero @ .world@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 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.