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How should Lemmy & Piefed handle voting activity from banned/deleted accounts? (piefed.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by otter@piefed.ca to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Vote manipulation is getting more common. Some recent examples:

While the accounts were banned, the malicious voting activity stuck around.

Should admins have the ability to discard votes, and if so, which admins? Should community mods have that ability? Can you think of any ways that tools like this could be abused?

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[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

I would give you an Insightful vote but I don't have any left. /s

Jokes aside, I like both limiting number of votes per day (or otherwise) and having different kinds of votes. The reason why something is up/down voted can make for a better discussion. But I am agnositc towards renewing votes bases on engagement. On one hand, it would increase engagement, and on the other hand, it could scare lurkers away from otherwise upvoting good content.