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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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[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Better if the votes are permanently hidden to users and are only visible to mods, admins and the system.

[-] nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You are absolutely right. Best solution. I've tried to think of different ways to do it and your way is just hands down easiest and best. Thanks for saying it.

[-] sinokon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t think obstructing or hiding votes is the way to go. Them being public is actually better and it should be transparent to all users. Besides that what prevents spammers and vote manipulators to setup their own instances to see the votes?

[-] nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a solution that basic administration/moderation is meant to solve. You need to feel how bad brigading is to understand the need to not be able to downvote/see downvotes. Other instances can see the votes, which keeps the system honest and removes the need for individual users to have transparency.

this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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