LemmyNet
Alert new users that their votes are public
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** Describe the feature request below **
Please consider alerting new users that their upvotes and downvotes are publicly federated. It is just the way that Lemmy works, and not a Jerboa problem per se, but it would be nice for the user experience if this was communcated on the Jerboa end.
Perhaps the very first time an account votes, a small tool tip could appear with a message similar to:
- "This is your first time voting! Please be aware that your votes are publicly associated with your account, and can be seen by other users"
Or some better message, just as long as it's clearly communicated.
Or perhaps a larger "Lemmy FAQ" available somewhere on the sidebar to cover things like this, as well as a list of features the app has.
An easily found and digested FAQ is a must as well, I totally agree. I do think that tool tips can be super useful for onboarding new users though, especially to communicate privacy concerns. Unfortunately, a toooooon of users will never click on a FAQ or feature list, even if you put it right in front of them on login. If you can pop a short, easily understood tool tip the first time users do
Could the argument be made, that this would cause the Streisand-effect? Right now, I don't know of any clients that allows one to view individual votes. It's not like it can be used for "nefarious" purposes when it's only available to the few.
Privacy / Legal sections are in the site, but we could add a page for that specifically. I'll rename this issue.
