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Pretty sure that vote count isn't correct. If I recall correctly the home instance of a community would have the total vote counts. When viewing a post from other instances you often just see the votes from users on that instance. I don't know when/if/how that propogates to keep vote counts the same across different instances (assuming it does, I don't think Lemmy devs place much value on tracking votes TBH).
What is the link to the post on lemmy.world itself, anyone have that?
e.g.
-14 votes https://lemmy.world/post/12235423
+1 vote https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/12576832
-12 votes https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/14852887
EDIT: Added lemmy.world, that should be the correct total vote count (thanks /u/Blaze@reddthat.com !)
Just for completion, here's my home instance: https://sh.itjust.works/post/14996406
At the time of posting this comment, I see:
| Instance | Upvotes | Downvotes | Net | |
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| | World | 57 | 71 | -14 | | SDF | 71 | 70 | +1 | | div by 0 | 58 | 70 | -12 | SJW | 57 | 70 | -13 |
Vote federation issues aside, even the most positive value (SDF) is only a narrow win for the upvote result, which is pretty much exactly what I predicted. This is before we even account for users for whom downvotes are not an option.
I also take issue with the poll being wrapped up prematurely. With the some fluctuation in the federation of votes, and the net number of votes hovering around zero, one could simply wait until the votes tipped in their favour, and close the poll at that time. I'm not saying this is what was done, just that it would be possible.
Thanks,
FYI, I raised the issue to the LW admins on !moderators@lemmy.world
https://lemmy.world/post/12235423?scrollToComments=true
Thanks!