Self-deleting downvote bots, post bots

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sundray@lemmus.org⁩ to ⁨support@lemmy.world⁩

Accounts are being created on lemmy.world, downvoting en mass, and then deleting themselves. (See this example, lemvotes.org/user/iuyfihefoqerhif@lemmy.world - 99 downvotes in 7 minutes.)

Accounts are also being created, then flooding communities with posts, then also deleting themselves. A few examples below:

lemmy.world/u/delasnuz lemmy.world/u/lord_alkriey lemmy.world/u/ivan_kor lemmy.world/u/aberidiena lemmy.world/u/Shandrade lemmy.world/u/lawrence3 lemmy.world/u/luciana lemmy.world/u/jarleney lemmy.world/u/magentaz lemmy.world/u/cannedtuna_ lemmy.world/u/cohen_drz lemmy.world/u/aidenn5 lemmy.world/u/landsteri lemmy.world/u/iris_n_eye sh.itjust.works/u/solace4do lemmy.world/u/Forzzza

Are the admins aware of this behavior? If so, is anything being done to remediate this issue?

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Rhoeri@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
.world admins don’t really do shit. So I wouldn’t expect much.

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Skavau@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Piefed.social admin herre. They are absolutely aware of this and are trying to stop it.

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- sundray@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I appreciate the confirmation, thank you ❤️
  
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MrKaplan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
we’re very much aware of this. there are several individuals continuously evading bans. see also lemmy.world/post/39539586.

unfortunately, the tooling natively available in lemmy is rather limited, and identifying these accounts automatically without having a decent chance of false positives is challenging. there are already some measures we’ve implemented, but the stricter we become the more we risk affecting legitimate users with this.

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- sundray@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Thank you for letting me know, I appreciate it! 🤎
  
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slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Do votes matter?

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- Skavau@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yes, they can in certain contexts. Bulk downvoting on posts can degrade their visibility.
  
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