• Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Propaganda, brigading, post votes manipulation, and once accounts are “established” they could be sold for astroturfing.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve noticed weird vote counts, and sometimes it’s clearly a bug. But do you think a small number of downvotes that make no sense would be bots? Or just trolls?

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        1 year ago

        The weird count on posts is a bug, as for the small number of downvotes, I don’t think they’re bots, not yet, just either people disliking the comment or a few trolls, it doesn’t happen systematically, that’s what bots usually do.