I think poal is a good alternative

Poal was created by some ex-goats when Voat was in trouble a couple of years back. It is effectively a Voat clone. There has been some debate on Voat about the extent to which Poal is truly "free speech".
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I think poal is a good alternative

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Poal.co seems stable enough. the userbase is welcoming of all goats. i have not seen any censorship so far. the site is easy to use.

The rules about voting are a bit different most goats might be used to. Downvote is essentially reporting spam. It is strictly enforced. But some might remember, that on voat, the downvoat was suposed to be for spam and irrelevent comments.
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Game to try Poal out...Getting tiring all this travel though Reddit-Voat- and now here. Does fragment the community, but grateful to have an alternative. Welcome to all Voat friends and Merry Christmas.
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I've seen browser issues with poal and I'm not a huge fan of the downvote etiquette there. Basically it's a sign of micromanaging and powertripping. "Here's a feature but don't use it"
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Awake2Truth wrote: Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:23 am Game to try Poal out...Getting tiring all this travel though Reddit-Voat- and now here. Does fragment the community, but grateful to have an alternative. Welcome to all Voat friends and Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you as well.
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On voat we had to earn submission points before downvoting, not sure if it's the same on Poal
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Thereunto wrote: Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:45 am I've seen browser issues with poal and I'm not a huge fan of the downvote etiquette there. Basically it's a sign of micromanaging and powertripping. "Here's a feature but don't use it"
Yes, that downvote thing is a problem, their etiquette, that is. We're not used to being so polite, it's more a PC thing, if you ask me.
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Germ22 wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:59 pm i have not seen any censorship so far
You won't - as long as you keep your head down and don't question or challenge "their" definition of Free Speech.
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let us put it to the test.
what can i post there that you think would get me banned or cencored?
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Germ22 wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:06 am let us put it to the test.
what can i post there that you think would get me banned or cencored?
I had a few alts, but look up u/fartontoast for my post they banned me for.
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There was something with Poals layout that has been bothering me since I started checking it out and I finally figured out what it was. The name of the subverse is where the title of the post should be and the title is where the subverse should be.
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