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vote manipulation
What is this? Reddit? Votes really don’t matter here.
That’s just not true.
Sure ok you might not see how many upvotes a user has received but that’s not how vote manipulation works.
Votes influence what you see, and perhaps more importantly they influence what users perceive to be popular opinions.
Upvotes for “genocide joe” comments are a good example. A few people can make an idea seem like it’s mainstream.
The manipulative tricks only work one way, you can’t downvote ideas you don’t like. So the only thing we can see is excessive support for a genocide joe
WDYM?
Brigadeers can just upvote comments supporting their position and exclude contrary ones.
Yep they can, but on the other hand they can’t downvote the meaningful ones either. Basically it’s not perfect but better than reddit
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
That’s just not true.
Sure ok you might not see how many upvotes a user has received but that’s not how vote manipulation works.
Votes influence what you see, and perhaps more importantly they influence what users perceive to be popular opinions.
Upvotes for “genocide joe” comments are a good example. A few people can make an idea seem like it’s mainstream.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 5 days ago
The manipulative tricks only work one way, you can’t downvote ideas you don’t like. So the only thing we can see is excessive support for a genocide joe
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
WDYM?
Brigadeers can just upvote comments supporting their position and exclude contrary ones.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 5 days ago
Yep they can, but on the other hand they can’t downvote the meaningful ones either. Basically it’s not perfect but better than reddit