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This seems like abuse of the CVE system, which is unfortunate, because it's not like we need yet another important institution to lose its credibility due to ne
by TechBro8615 4y ago
This seems like abuse of the CVE system, which is unfortunate, because it's not like we need yet another important institution to lose its credibility due to needless politicization.
- pipo234 4y agoYou mean it's not a "Common Vulnerability" as it only exists in one product?
- TechBro8615 4y agoI mean it's not a technical vulnerability in the same way as nearly every other vulnerability assigned a CVE number. Are they going to assign a CVE to Reddit because if you get negative downvotes in a subreddit you can only post at a rate of once per 10 minutes, creating an echo chamber where dissenting views cannot participate in discussion at equal rate to comments attacking them?
- justinclift 4y agoHmmm, not sure about that. Seems like a DOS of targeted account(s)?
- TechBro8615 4y agoI guess we better assign the same CVE to any website with a downvote feature!
- justinclift 4y agoSeems like a strange take. Why do you think downvotes normally work like that?
- TechBro8615 4y agoOn Reddit, for example, if your aggregate comment karma in a subreddit is below 0, then you are rate limited to only commenting in that subreddit once every 10 minutes (maybe this is opt-in by the mods of the subreddit, idk). Make a few right-leaning comments in r/politics and you'll quickly realize how much of a weakness this is for any attempt to participate equally in subsequent discussions. Incidentally, one of my favorite HN features is that the minimum comment score is -4. If your entire account has negative karma soon after creation, it will be shadowbanned, but at least once you attain a sufficient karma buffer, one poorly received comment can't hurt you too much.
- justinclift 4y agoInteresting. That does seem like a similar mechanism. :/