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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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[–] Flashoflight@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is really important to call out. Also though the bots have gotten so good it would be hard to tell the difference. To be honest though I'm pretty sure reddit was teeming withing them and it didn't really bother me. lol

[–] nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I have strong feelings about reddit being infested with bots too. And because reddit could, there's no reason lemmy doesn't have the same issue.

it didn’t really bother me

Bot armies could have hidden things from you that would bother you deeply, but because it's hidden, you don't have a chance to be bothered.