1 yr. ago • 94%

#justfediversethings

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- It's self-promotion and is taught at all the top MBA schools.
  
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  Indeed. Flattery by proxy is the key to many sales techniques
  
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- Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow"
  
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  It was the wild west times for the internet.
  
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  The prodigal son returns!
  
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- Oh no!
  
  Anyways
  
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- Fundamentally, though, how can it be stopped? The two instance administrators can only see part of what's happening, and can't directly determine that the votes are coming from two alts of the same user. Maybe over enough times, the patterns can be guessed at with heuristics, but this kind of vote manipulation is going to be a problem for federated communities. Especially if we don't get better moderation tools developed.
  
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  That’s kind of what I wanted to point out with this post.
  
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  this kind of vote manipulation is going to be a problem for federated communities
  
  This is not exclusive to federated communities. Reddit has vote manipulation too.
  
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  vote manipulation is going to be a problem for federated communities
  
  I guess, but since the feed isn't algorithmically created to maximize engagement (the tools are better than commercially driven sites) I don't think it matters as much. I think of it as a "Who's Line Is It Anyway" condition - everything is made up and the points don't matter. And, tbh, I really like that I can click into a stupid-x story without worrying that I'll be fed stupid-x content for the next week. It's worth a little vote tomfoolery, imho.
  
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Oh look, it's the new Unidan.

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Oh wow this is great

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"This guy has the right idea."

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I'll do this if it's important information that needs to be shared and seen by more people. Otherwise I don't bother. I'm not in it for the doots. I'm here for the community.

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