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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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[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit admins manipulated vote counts all the time.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit also created fake users to post fake content... At least in the beginning of reddit.

[–] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TIL "beginning of Reddit" comprises the time up to and including July 2023.

[–] OtakuAltair@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It marks both the beginning and end

[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Alpha and Omega if you may.

[–] daw_germany@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Aaaand...?