npdean

Admins can get them. It is not available to everyone.

It is a social forum. Voting and commenting is the core part of the experience.

If I know the things you post/vote about and I know your general location (from IP), I can use that along with other metrics from other usage of your IP (on other websites) to get a fairly accurate location and profile of who you are. One slip up in a comment or a post and I can probably know your name and address.

This is assuming someone is specifically targeting you. But as tech advances, it might already be possible for the average person to do this on a large number of people. Big tech does it already.

Admins have it. And by admin, I assume it is admins of all instances. And anyone can make an instance.

Others have pointed out some websites and admins can take it a step further by seeing entire history for any user. Admins have way too much information on Lemmy.

Both of them are but when a person comments, they willingly put out their opinion in the public. Voting is meant to be anonymous (like irl).

Also, votes have a massive amount as compared to comments. An average user might comment on 1 post for every 50 they vote on (a number I pulled out of my ass)

Reddit is safer than Lemmy. There cannot be witchhunts on lurkers. IP info is not accessible to anyone but the company.

Both of them are but when a person comments, they willingly put out their opinion in the public. Voting is meant to be anonymous (like irl).

Also, votes have a massive amount as compared to comments. An average user might comment on 1 post for every 50 they vote on (a number I pulled out of my ass)