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PSA: Lemmy votes can be manipulated (feddit.nl)
submitted 1 year ago by koper@feddit.nl to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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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[-] odbol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I like that idea. A twist on it would be to divide the votes on a post by the total vote count or user count for that instance, so each instance has the same proportional say as any other. e.g. if a server with 1000 people gives 1000 upvotes, those count the same as a server with 10 people giving 10 votes.

[-] Mikina@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't that make it actually a lot worse? As in, if I just make my own instance with one user total, I'll just singlehandedly outvote every other server.

[-] BoneDemonBoofer@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Congratulations! You've just reinvented the electoral college. And that works so brilliantly.... /s

this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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