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I really like the idea. However, let's think about abuse patterns: what prevents CEO agency from creating 1k t2.micro instances and clicking upvote for a link o
by sgdread 8y ago
I really like the idea. However, let's think about abuse patterns: what prevents CEO agency from creating 1k t2.micro instances and clicking upvote for a link of interest and downvote all the competitors?
- brentadamson 8y agoWhat prevents their competitor from downvoting them? The rate limit applies equally to everyone. EDIT: The scoring function can also be customized. https://github.com/jivesearch/jivesearch/blob/master/search/vote/postgresql.go#L80-L94 https://github.com/jivesearch/jivesearch/blob/master/search/...
- jakear 8y agoThe local mom and pop shop aren’t going to be able to compete with Walmart. This only works if both entities have similar technical and financial status.
- brentadamson 8y agoBut there's an army of users that will ultimately decide.
- hyperpape 8y agoThere's a lot fewer users than there will be bots.
- username3 8y agoUse Stack Overflow’s voting system.
- hyperpape 8y agoWhat's your reputation, and how does that work with not tracking you?
- brentadamson 8y agoMy reputation? None, really. My background is in finance and I'm a self-taught developer. Just tired of not having anything I like. If you don't trust me you can run it on your own server.
- hyperpape 8y agoNo, I mean..how do you use the StackOverflow system? It's based on a concept of reputation. What's the reputation in the search engine?