Vote manipulation by a single lemmy.world account (hackertalks.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello - Please take a look at @[email protected] . They have downvoted every single post in 3 communities (over 200 posts) in a very narrow window of time. They either automated their voting, or they are very focused

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So a quick sentiment analysis with two hypotheses:

'The author of this text {} .'

h0: 'engaging in respectful, normal internet banter' h1: 'is trolling or otherwise being rude.'

Looks pretty respectful.

and their usage patterns:

Looks like someone you might have just decided to have a problem with.z

Edit: So you've edited your post and claim to see the evidence on your side, but still, have not provided anything. Claiming someone is a bot and engaging in vote manipulation is a big claim and requires big evidence. I don't currently believe you since you haven't provided any.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

These graphs are interesting, what do you use to generate them?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

it's part of some tooling I've built up over the years to do basic user analysis.

If you ask around I've shared it with many of the regulars. Since Lemmy doesn't have a proper API, this simply uses a headless browser.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not trying to prove anything to you, you're not a lemmy world administrator

This entire post is to ask the Lemmy world administrators to intervene.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

you are making an accusation that has already had real consequences and show no evidence to suggest that it's true.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I thought it wasn't a secret that votes were somewhat public. If they aren't, ok, but that's news to me.

this post was submitted on 10 May 2025

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