Fedi platform feature: original post downvotes blocked from those who have not commented or upvoted an existing comment
Fedi platform feature: original post downvotes blocked from those who have not commented or upvoted an existing comment
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/29699711
I’ve not studied the ActivityPub protocol much, and certainly not voting. My question for those who have:
Is it possible or easy for a platform to suppress downvotes from users who have not first satisfied either of these preconditions:
- created a comment in the thread being downvoted; OR
- upvoted a comment in the thread being downvoted
?
And perhaps more complex, cancel the downvotes of cheaters who would circumvent the above policy by making a temporary dummy comment, downvoting, then deleting the dummy.
Voting is a shit-show on Lemmy. I wonder to what extent the ActivityPub API is to blame.