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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You could have account on multiple instances.

Edit: Or host a rogue instance that would spam thousands of up votes.

[–] MP3Martin@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If someone were to create a malicious instance spamming downvotes, would every instance need to individually block it?

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 months ago

A few of the main instances are subscribed to Fediseer lists, probably wouldn't take long for a rogue instance like that to be defederated lol