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MyNamesNotRobert , (edited )

If I can’t earn money for doing nothing they shouldn’t either. I fight back every way I can. That’s why it’s important to protect your privacy.

JusticeForPorygon ,
@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world avatar

Like yeah, I disable cookies and use an ad blocker, but I’m not building my own Linux distro, paying for six VPNs, and using TOR just too look at the Terraria wiki.

YarHarSuperstar ,
@YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world avatar

Is this a reference to recent Lemmy drama? If so, I get it!!

Revan343 ,

Well, don’t keep it to yourself, what’s the recent Lemmy drama?

YarHarSuperstar ,
@YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world avatar

Look into the “search engine to compete with DDG” post

Revan343 ,

Darn, I was hoping it was some inexplicable Terraria drama :P

Thanks

kwomp2 ,

Random wrong place I know, but dont wanna bother more people then necessary: Why cant i see upvotes/downvotes?

can ,

Did you perhaps accidentally disable it on your account settings?

SaltyIceteaMaker ,
@SaltyIceteaMaker@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

Afaik instance’s have the ability to deactivate that.

So either that or you have it disabled in your account settings

Third possiblity: your app/frontend just doesn’t pull the data for that

zout ,

I read in some other post that some lemmy instances display the upvote/downvote ratio since the latest software update, so maybe because of that?

moon ,

Can’t give a precise answer since I’m on an app that might bypass that, but either your instance or the instance you’re viewing can disable viewing votes.

0x4E4F ,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

I seriously think that they litelarly have no idea what to do with that much data. I mean, personalized ads, yeah, sure, but other than that… crimes maybe… can’t really see any other use for it…

Sotuanduso ,

I’d imagine it’s not practical to do anything on a personal level (aside from personalized ads) unless you really wanna look into one person in particular, so it’s probably more used for market research and whatnot. Easier to do a survey if you don’t have to ask anyone.

0x4E4F ,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yeah, but still… is there so much money in surveys to actually keep all of that data?

Revan343 ,

Personalized ads aren’t even practical. I’m not careful with data about me, and the targeted ads I see suck. If Google knows so much about me, they really ought to be better at it

KISSmyOS ,

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/privacy_opinions.png
Alt text: I’m the philosopher until someone hands me a burrito.

Cruxifux ,

I’m the sage and the nihilist at the same time

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