Ah, I see. As far as I know fedia only defederated a few very small instances that caused technical issues. Hexbear comments were actually one of the examples I was referring to, but upvotes instead of downvotes. But I guess the discrepancy then comes not from my end, but theirs. They probably did not see a lot of the downvotes because they came from instances that weren’t federating with them, so they weren’t aware of how much they got actually downvoted. Seems a little problematic in that it reinforces their little echochamber.
Also, the synchronization of content between instances is not instantaneous. Even with votes from federated instances, it will take some time for everything to process.
Browsing fedia.io, where my account is. On desktop, Chrome, one of my comments shows one favorite (upvote). On mobile, also Chrome, the same comment shows zero favorites.
I doubt all the vote inaccuracy is only at fedia.io, or other kbin/mbin/forks. Maybe it’s unintended, but I also think it’s a good thing. Reddit [spit] had to fuzz the votes to prevent spammers and brigading, to what degree that’s possible. The inaccurate approval/disapproval also serves to make different voices heard where they would otherwise be more hidden. Getting conversations out of silos and hugboxes is good for society. We all could use some practice interacting with people we don’t see eye to eye with.
Ah, I see. As far as I know fedia only defederated a few very small instances that caused technical issues. Hexbear comments were actually one of the examples I was referring to, but upvotes instead of downvotes. But I guess the discrepancy then comes not from my end, but theirs. They probably did not see a lot of the downvotes because they came from instances that weren’t federating with them, so they weren’t aware of how much they got actually downvoted. Seems a little problematic in that it reinforces their little echochamber.
Also, the synchronization of content between instances is not instantaneous. Even with votes from federated instances, it will take some time for everything to process.
One more thing I just noticed.
Browsing fedia.io, where my account is. On desktop, Chrome, one of my comments shows one favorite (upvote). On mobile, also Chrome, the same comment shows zero favorites.
I doubt all the vote inaccuracy is only at fedia.io, or other kbin/mbin/forks. Maybe it’s unintended, but I also think it’s a good thing. Reddit [spit] had to fuzz the votes to prevent spammers and brigading, to what degree that’s possible. The inaccurate approval/disapproval also serves to make different voices heard where they would otherwise be more hidden. Getting conversations out of silos and hugboxes is good for society. We all could use some practice interacting with people we don’t see eye to eye with.