If you want your votes to be (somewhat) private, probably the best thing to do is to create an alternative account and use that for voting without making any comments/posts.

PieFed also gives you an option so that your votes are only shared within the same instance. So, tools like “lemvotes” wouldn’t be able to pick up on your voting history. In that case only the local instance Admins (and maybe moderators) would be able to see your voting history.

From this user it is fairly obvious that it was created recently. They downvoted 49 times in the first few minutes of activity. They then upvoted once a few days later.

https://lemvotes.org/user/PyroRondo@lemmy.world

Based on the first day of activity, it almost does look like this was an account created just for downvoting.

Closest thing to that is the Consumer Rights Wiki: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Main_Page

Misleading title, GoFundMe is currently reviewing the fundraisers. The concern here is that the fundraising page has attempted to edit out some of the language that goes against their ToS. It should be obvious what this fundraiser is actually for. I’ll withold my judgement until they make an official statement on the matter.

Anyone know how long it usually takes for them to take down a popular fundraiser like this?

From the article:

In an email, a GoFundMe spokesperson told WIRED on Sunday night that it was in the process of reviewing all fundraisers tied to the shooting. “During the review process, all funds remain safely held by our payment processors,” the spokesperson said. “GoFundMe’s Terms of Service prohibit fundraisers that raise money for the legal defense of anyone formally charged with a violent crime. Any campaigns that violate this policy will be removed.”