PSA: Lemmy votes can be manipulated
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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They could try requiring a phone number to sign up. Obviously, you could use temp phone numbers but there’s ways to circumvent that.
No thanks. The Fediverse needs to remain anonymous, or at least users need to have the option not to provide any personal information.
Good point, I didn’t think of that.