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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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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The lack of karma helps some. There's no point in trying to rack up the most points for your account(s), which is a good thing. Why waste time on the lamest internet game when you can engage in conversation with folks on lemmy instead.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It can still be used to artificially pump up an idea. Or used to bury one.

[–] really@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

The karma though is what drove Reddit adoption to an extent. Gamification helps. It helped Reddit, it helped robinhood stocks app.

Maybe fediverse needs some gamification.

Or maybe not. Facebook and YouTube seem to be doing fine just using the line/unlike button.