@pixelfed @dansup I’m aware of how a website works, thanks 😉
Sharing my IP address (which I can decide to hide) is not the same as sharing the exact username of a person who viewed a post.
Also: trusting the host is not the same as trusting an author.
The thing that a story author should be entitled to know exactly who their audience is, it’s highly debatable.
This is another good reason (at least for me) to keep stories entirely disabled.
But thanks anyway for clarifying your position.