Lemmy feels less anonymous than Reddit, because there are less users and its easier to be remembered. Similar to a small town where everyone knows each other.
User tags make recognizing people a lot easier. I see tagged users a lot. Voyager even keeps a running total of how many times I have upvoted and downvoted particular users.
There’s one user I have at like -30, tagged as a Nazi apologist. And sure enough, every time I scroll past them, they’re commenting some weird BS.
Heyyy, it apparently works the same on Boost. In honor of teaching me how to tag people, you are now tagged as "Tagged". Thank you and congratulations!
Oh, I use that too on my mobile app (Voyager). I am starting to think that once the total votes reach some threshold, either I'd encounter them consistently dishing out hot takes, or I'm primed to think their take is hot and spicy.