Comment on Vote manipulation by rodneyck@lemmy.world
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks agoSo that’s what I meant, this tool cannot be blocked at the community level, which was what you were saying above.
Votes on Lemmy are public by nature, they are just hidden to the general user but it’s very easy to show them.
rodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Gotcha, well that is unfortunate, as it is obviously being used by some, go$fsckyourself, for exploit.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I am not following this whole thing very closely to be honest.
People in general should just be aware that votes are almost public, and behave accordingly.
rodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Yeah, you need to read the whole story to see how they are abusing those votes, gang behavior, swarming, by someone down-voting them, using this outside tool. I think there are other exploits as well.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I am well aware of the tool, I sometimes use it myself when it looks like people are manipulating votes.
At the end of the day, it is just that: a tool. What people want to do with it is a different story.