this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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Hey folks! Just realized something that makes Lemmy different from Reddit. Because of the federation, your votes are not technically anonymous on Lemmy. At least, I think.

Although there’s no UI to look at a user’s voting history yet, one could conceivably be built by an instance. Perhaps coincidentally, I hear there’s instances out there populated by mostly bots?

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[–] blivet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you identify a bot account?

[–] Geometric7792@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they vote in a way I don't like, they're a bot. If they don't vote in a way that I like, also a bot. In fact, if they vote at all, probably a bot

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Undercook the fish? Bot, believe it or not.