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n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoAnd reddit also has a problen where you can use bots to farm upvotes and because you cant see that information means you cant tell if posts are legit or propaganda
npdean@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Anyone can make multiple accounts and vote farm here too.
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
No shit, but if you’re getting 1000 upvotes from the same bangledeshi or Russian IP you can a least figure it out, hey its prolly not legit…
npdean@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Thing is votes are federated. if someone makes an instance and farms votes by making bots on same instance, only instance owner has info about IPs. Every other instance thinks the votes are legit.