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PSA: Lemmy votes can be manipulated (feddit.nl)
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can buy 700 votes anonymously on reddit for really cheap

I don't see that it's a big deal, really. It's the same as it ever was.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Over a houndred dollars for 700 upvotes O_o

I wouldn't exactly call that cheap ๐Ÿค‘

On the other hand, ten or twenty quick downvotes on an early answer could swing things I guess ...

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

For the companies who want a huge advantage over others, $100 is nothing in an advertising budget.

I have a small business and I do $1000 a week in advertising.