Why is vote "fuzzing" so extreme? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by errer@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I've been noticing the number of upvotes on posts fluctuate wildly...from 12, to 350, to 150. Pretty wild swings. I know fuzzing is needed to combat bots, but I had thought it was more like at the few % level, not orders of magnitude...

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[-] MalachiAzrael@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I have nothing to back this up but I assumed it was due to federating everywhere. And calculating the actual total, dealing with duplication etc.

Would be great to see someone with a bit more know how chime in.

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023

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