An external server can simply fake the timestamps. If I cared, I could make this comment appear as if it were posted in the 1800s.
Individual servers may want to rate limit (non-bot) accounts, but for federated systems that’s merely a small roadbump.
There is a solution to this problem, and that’s quick and decisive action from the moderators of the server being spammed. Block the user, or defederate the entire instance if that doesn’t help, and purge all the old posts.
This is why Lemmy needs to keep tweaking it’s feed algorithm. I understand why many people rightly have a distaste of social media algorithm fuckery, but Lemmy doesn’t have some of the same bad incentives that an ad driven site like Reddit or twitter might have. A better algorithm will help Lemmy grow and surface interesting posts organically.
The recent feed change to boost smaller communities in 0.19 is a good start, and not showing too many posts in a row from the same community will be another welcome change.
An external server can simply fake the timestamps. If I cared, I could make this comment appear as if it were posted in the 1800s.
Individual servers may want to rate limit (non-bot) accounts, but for federated systems that’s merely a small roadbump.
There is a solution to this problem, and that’s quick and decisive action from the moderators of the server being spammed. Block the user, or defederate the entire instance if that doesn’t help, and purge all the old posts.
This is why Lemmy needs to keep tweaking it’s feed algorithm. I understand why many people rightly have a distaste of social media algorithm fuckery, but Lemmy doesn’t have some of the same bad incentives that an ad driven site like Reddit or twitter might have. A better algorithm will help Lemmy grow and surface interesting posts organically.
The recent feed change to boost smaller communities in 0.19 is a good start, and not showing too many posts in a row from the same community will be another welcome change.