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In what world does democracy include: voting with multiple identities, blocking others from participation, fabricating likes about others to to defame them, etc
by mahmud 16y ago
In what world does democracy include: voting with multiple identities, blocking others from participation, fabricating likes about others to to defame them, etc.
Instead of jumping with a canned-response, take the time to read the very interesting article.
- Charuru 16y agoNaturally I read it. Part of the problem is that Digg is actively trying to prohibit political activity, and this drives groups like this underground and force them to use crazy tactics. My snide comment is that when you have a democracy, it's completely natural for people to band together to press their viewpoint, in fact that's the entire point, and the tone of the article is laughable. Anyway I address multiple identities, but I don't understand how they're blocking other people from participation? Them mining enemies' old posts for TOS violations in order to get them banned, well, who's fault is that really.
- WiseWeasel 16y agoThey're abusing the 'bury' feature by incorrectly flagging as spam. As a solution, it should be fairly simple to detect abuse of the bury, and make those people's buries ineffective.
- gojomo 16y agoChicago? The antebellum South? And plenty of other elections, at every level, in every country? Seriously, while it's not part of the democratic ideal, cheating is rampant in practice. You've got to stay vigilant any time you're trying to poll a group of specifically-enfrancised people. Some amount of intentional coordination is to be expected and even celebrated, if you trust the 'wisdom of crowds', but not to the point of falsifying votes/identities or using falsehoods to deter/negate others' votes.