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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by rimu@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Probably better to post in the github issue rather than replying here.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4967

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[-] Godric@lemmy.world 67 points 4 months ago

Boy oh boy, it sure is a mystery why democracies have people vote privately

[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

The only thing worse than public voting is public voting that's falsely advertised as private.

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 12 points 4 months ago

You only get to vote privately because the system can still verify that each person only gets to vote once.

There is no such mechanism on the internet. Anyone can make multiple accounts and vote multiple times.

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Right. We are IDEALLY only identifiable by our content and where to reach us at for a given persona online.

A contrary ideal for where votes are supposed to represent an actual plurality of stake holders in the social contract.

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

Its already not private

[-] sznowicki@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah. For major things. For trivial stuff like choosing lunch place people usually do public voting.

[-] index@sh.itjust.works -2 points 4 months ago

Wrong comparison. in state votes it's done to prevent bribing here you can share your activity and create as many accounts as you want.

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