I know the obvious things like federation and fediverse, but do we say upvote/downvote, updoot, karma? I hate to bring up the software that must not be named, but I don’t know what else to call things.
Some apps/front ends/instances track upvote/downvote totals. Haven’t run into any automated filters based on total karma yet, though.
Also worth mentioning that instance admins and some moderators can see specific users’ upvotes and downvotes.
There’s also a public mod log where instances display their moderator actions taken against whom for what reasons. Doesn’t quite stop moderator abuse but it makes it public.
Any kbin user can see everyone who upvoted something. They used to be able to see all of the downvotes as well, but that was disabled with most kbin instances…
As far as I know, all you need to do is find a kbin instance that allows their users to see both upvotes and downvotes (or set up an instance yourself).
It’s best to treat your votes here as public if you’re coming from Reddit where you normally expect this to be hidden.
