I have been working on Lemvotes, a tool to check who voted on a Lemmy post. In this blog post, I will describe how it works and the ethics of such a tool.
The best part of the fediverse is anyone can run their own server. The worst part is anyone can run their own server.
Server Admins would need to defederate that instance, there is nothing else stopping someone from creating a manipulative instance that multiplies votes to influence the larger network.
Then couldn’t that give instances free reign to start creating fake votes?
The best part of the fediverse is anyone can run their own server. The worst part is anyone can run their own server.
Server Admins would need to defederate that instance, there is nothing else stopping someone from creating a manipulative instance that multiplies votes to influence the larger network.