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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 130 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] muddybulldog@mylemmy.win 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lack of karma is a fallacy. The default Lemmy UI doesn't display it but the karma system appears to be fully built.

[-] hawkwind@lemmy.management -1 points 1 year ago

The data to build it is there. Ftfy

[-] muddybulldog@mylemmy.win 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tallies are maintained in the db in real-time. No calculating needed

[-] hawkwind@lemmy.management 1 points 1 year ago

I just mean that the karma system ala Reddit did more than just keep track of it and display it afaik. The data is in the db but a fully done karma system it is not. I could be wrong.

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