I think any federated service is more vulnerable, because there’s no central oversight of e.g. IPs used to create accounts.
Even without any code, you could easily register accounts at the 20 largest instances and upvote yourself. I’m sure some people will have done just that.
There’s at least less astroturfing and AI posing as real people, if nothing else.
That’ll only hold true while the platform is not popular, unfortunately
I don’t think the platform will ever be popular. Picking an instance is a big enough barrier to entry to stop most people.
I wonder if there are safe guards to stop a bot army from impacting the discourse, or if it’s just because it’s a less known platform.
I think any federated service is more vulnerable, because there’s no central oversight of e.g. IPs used to create accounts.
Even without any code, you could easily register accounts at the 20 largest instances and upvote yourself. I’m sure some people will have done just that.
there isnt. but no one cares about this place to infect it