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Vote manipulation by a single lemmy.world account (hackertalks.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hello - Please take a look at @[email protected] . They have downvoted every single post in 3 communities (over 200 posts) in a very narrow window of time. They either automated their voting, or they are very focused

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

You have to be a moderator and use "view votes" from the mod menu, and then they will show up at the bottom of the post.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Moderator or administrator?

Also, if its as simple as connecting to the fediverse to expose these data, it seems weird to keep it hidden.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Just a mod, afaik. I am not an admin of any instance, but I do mod a few comms. But your instance also has to federate that data and to do that has to be on whatever version that added it (I am not sure what version did this tho). If your instance runs some older version of Lenny, it has nothing to show.

I actually find it weird that it's not hidden from the public, since that's unusual. Obviously everything of this nature is tracked (it has to be to work) but it's usually something only an operator of the thing would have access to.

I'm not sure where I sit on it. On one hand, it's nice to be able to have proof of vote manipulation and not just have to take a mod/admin's word for it, but on the other it could easily lead to abuse/harassment.