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PSA: Lemmy votes can be manipulated
(feddit.nl)
A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.
Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".
Getting started on Fediverse;
Classic forums still exist.
Voting does allow the cream to rise to the top, which is why reddit was much better than a forum.
Honestly, I think part of the problem is that companies don't have an incentive to fight bots or spam: higher numbers of users and engagement make them look better to investors and advertisers.
I don't think it's that difficult of a problem to solve. It should be quite possible to detect patterns between real users and bots.
We will see how the fediverse handles it.