I have been working on Lemvotes, a tool to check who voted on a Lemmy post. In this blog post, I will describe how it works and the ethics of such a tool.
    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Maybe federation should be based on allowlisting, instead of allowing instances by default.

    • JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de
      6·
      2 months ago

      That’s reassuring to know. What I don’t understand is why you have the /api/v3/post/like/list route. You say you don’t want votes to be snooped on, but then you add an endpoint that makes it very easy for instance admins to do exactly that if they choose to? Also worth pointing out that the tool linked here wouldn’t work in its current form if this route didn’t exist.

      • Rooki@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        This is for admins to see easier vote manipulation. I think mods can see that on their communities too.

        For admins its like… they could literally just look into the database, so it doesnt make any difference. Mods in the other hand should rather not snoop around i guess.

        This tool just simplifies the process instead of creating an open federated instance yourself and see the votes.

    • Microw@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      So… Lemmy itself gives admins the possibility to see votes, but admins using this tool to see votes is a problem? Maybe I am misunderstanding something here?