I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.
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Note: I’m moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I’ll share more info :)
I guess it could end up being an arms race.
What if the tool was more of a toolbox, where each instance could configure it the way that they want (ex. Thresholds before something is flagged, etc.) Similar to how automod works, where the options are well known but it’s hard to tell what any particular space is running behind the scenes.
At the very least, tools like this can make it harder for silent vote manipulation even if it doesn’t stop it entirely
I think what we need is an automated solution which flags groups of accounts for suspect vote manipulation.
We appreciate the work you put into this, and I imagine it took some time to put together. That will only get harder to do if someone / some entity puts money into it.
Would you be able to take a screenshot of the map and edit that in as the link URL? Nice thumbnails help a post be seen, and it might let people see the map when the site is getting a hug of death 😄
Then just have the website link at the top of the post
edit: It loaded for me, and I see why a screenshot wouldn’t make sense. There’s so much cool detail, thanks for sharing!
Unfortunately that seems to be the case for a handful of Foss apps. Fdroid might not be a priority for them yet
I found this
they seem to be leaning into the AI stuff, anyone try it out recently?
Closest I can think of might be the [email protected] [email protected] communities
It does help set a good precedent. When companies try to do the same thing, further hurting smaller artists, we can point to this case
What is something Linux related that you’ve learned recently?
As a meta question, could this work as an additional (or alternate) recurring discussion question? It felt similar in intent, to encourage people to keep learning / asking questions and chances are that if someone learned something then others will benefit from the information (or correct them)
Wow this would look really cool on a t-shirt / hoodie
But I didn’t know Mbin could federate with Lemmy. But I’m sure Lemmy/Mbin probably won’t federate with Pixelfed, or Peertube.
I think all of these are "don’t federate well currently ", but it’s a goal to improve federation over time
For example, Lemmy is federating with Mastodon better than when I first joined. It’s also possible to subscribe to peertube channels from Lemmy, but it’s a bit buggy.
There’s also this!
@[email protected] @[email protected] can probably explain more
This is part of the problem for me. I can’t dismiss the popup unless I hang up, and I don’t want to do that in case my number gets marked as “active”.
So I sit there and wait till I can use it again.
Also I appreciate the detailed alt text :)
Canada, we face the same issues as the US for telecom stuff
I don’t think anyone answers the phone now, unless they recognize the number.
Most of the calls I get are
Oh so firefish.io was related, that’s unfortunate
For what it’s worth, admins/employees on Reddit (or any other website) can also see upvote records.
Should the Lemmy devs create a way to make the votes anonymous?
I’m not sure if there is a good way to have the content federate anonymously. Even if there was, it would be a vector for spam.
Vote manipulation is a growing problem on Reddit. It’s only getting worse with all the AI spam bots and they don’t have an incentive to stop it. Why trust a review on Reddit if bots are upvoting/downvoting on behalf of a company, or worse what happens in news communities when a well funded group wants to change perspectives.
Admins need to know if the votes/likes coming in are legitimate, else they should block them. It’s too easy to abuse anonymous votes to affect how content is ranked.
I left a long comment in the other thread which I will link in a moment, but I think either
Other comment on the benefits/issues: https://lemmy.ca/comment/11097046
Which is a good point, I included it in my longer comment here
I end up using some blog post when that happens because the forums make no sense