If you click on the “more” button under a comment or link there will be an activity tab. In this tab you can see everyone who has boosted, favourited or reduced the post. I’m not sure if this a
Is a good feature but it’s interesting to see when someone decides to reduce all of your content for no reason.
Why would votes being public make it so that alt accounts (throwaways) would be less effective than they were on reddit or any other public forum?
I think privacy is important but even in public online places, like the fediverse, it is possible to maintain anonymity if it’s desired through curation of what information you post, where you post it, and with which account.