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submitted 1 year ago by koper@feddit.nl to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

The best part of the fediverse is that anyone can run their own server. The downside of this is that anyone can easily create hordes of fake accounts, as I will now demonstrate.

Fighting fake accounts is hard and most implementations do not currently have an effective way of filtering out fake accounts. I'm sure that the developers will step in if this becomes a bigger problem. Until then, remember that votes are just a number.

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[-] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

If any instance ever requires a captcha for something as trivial as an upvote, I’ll simply stop upvoting on that instance.

[-] Hexorg@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Yes that’s what I meant by degrading user experience

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It wouldn't stop bots because they would just use any instance without the captcha

this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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