Two days ago (September 19th, 2023), it was announced that a few Stack Exchange sites would be participating in an experiment where one-rep users (with registered accounts) could cast both upvotes and downvotes.

While I've read a lot of the [public] rationale for this experiment, I feel this would do more harm here on Ask Ubuntu as I think it will potentially lead to a noticeable increase of sock puppets and serial/targeted voting.

Should Ask Ubuntu opt to not join this one-rep voting experiment?

On September 19th, 2023, SE announced that a few Stack Exchange sites would be participating in an experiment where one-rep users (with registered accounts) could cast both upvotes and downvotes.

While I've read a lot of the [public] rationale for this experiment, I feel this would do more harm here on Ask Ubuntu as I think it will potentially lead to a noticeable increase of sock puppets and serial/targeted voting.

I'm aware they're looking for established sites, and I'd like to preemptively NOT do it.

Can we not join this experiment?