I have made a decision to alter and/or remove various restrictions on Voat. I’ve thought a lot about this and it’s something both @Atko and I believe needs to be reevaluated.
Voat has always had a problem with spam. @Amalek would spam posts and hijack the new queue making it unusable. MH101 and then later @SaneGoatiSwear would hijack comment pages making them unusable. The rules Voat uses were put in place in to combat this behavior. They are old rules, mostly remaining unchanged from the initial versions of this site. Most, if not all, of the rules were in direct response to spam attacks. It was never Voat’s intention to limit non-spam accounts, but this is what has happened as an indirect result of these rules.
Voat will not keep in place a system that permanently limits a segment of users from debating and conversing. This isn’t Free Speech as I see it or as I want it.
Voat will shortly be going live with a new code base, and I want to have a new system designed and ready for when this happens, so I am posting this announcement to get feedback from the community.
The main areas of concern:
- Commenting restrictions on negative CCP accounts that aren't spamming their comments
- Limiting any account that spam comments
TL;DR
We need to allow unpopular opinions while preventing comment spam.
How do we do it?
All options are on the table
https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806
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NeedleStack ago
Definitely remove such restrictions. Unpopular opinions deserve as much say as the others.
PuttItOut ago
Agree, we need to eliminate or modernize.
The particular problem with this one is that roughly 75% of heavily down voted accounts are uncharacteristically hostile and imo are purposefully seeking this response. The other segment is the side that is hurt by these restrictions.
JohnCStevenson ago
Yes, you would be hostile too if people kept calling you a k * * e, f * * * ot, and so forth. The people on Voat have slandered my good name, and you have the nerve to act as if people such as myself are at fault? You remind me of the people that claim that both the neo-Nazis and the counter-protestors at Charlottesville were equally bad; it's classic victim-blaming.
But sure, go ahead and act as if people like me are at fault. I will be glad once these restrictions are removed, so that I can freely inform Voat of Donald Trump's misdeeds and upming impeachment.
Macdaddy5000 ago
Man up and shut your pie hole, you faggot kike.
ChanceofRain ago
Looks like you did that all by yourself, big boy.
They are paid protesters trying to start shit, just like you! Do you even read this site? No-one here is buying your martyrdom BS. Your posts use a lot of words trying to seem smart (lol), but I don't see any citations to back up your claims. It's all emotional appeals to people smart enough to use facts and logic. You add nothing to the discussion.
Just look at your downvotes bud. It's not just a couple. Your message is gettting out...then blown the fuck out.
chuckletrousers ago
Why don't you shut your ass and give your mouth a chance once in a while?
Jixijenga ago
They are equally bad, it's not "victim blaming" to point out that violence has little place in a free society.