No, the only time a submission should be removed by a moderator is if it's obvious spam or illegal content like CP, otherwise, let the community curate its content. Shitty and irrelevant posts will be downvoated into the gutter where they belong.
So, freedom of expression only works if your saying something? Is it shitty? Yes. But this is Voat. The community should handle the issue. The moderator is there to moderate completely at their discretion, unless there are community rules. Then the community should handle their issue. The second that voat as a whole starts exercising their will on smaller, less powerful groups, is the second we go down the Reddit Road and into the Digg Ditch.
Here's the problem with them removing posts "at their discretion". What if they get paid by PUBG to hide Fortnite posts? In a "default" sub, they can hide posts from most people. How can the community fix it outside of asking for a rule? They can't leave a "default" community for another without getting the default changed and that post would look close to this one.
Basically, unless it's against the community's rules, I'm there to see what the community posts/upvoats not what the mods allow to the top.
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Workman ago
No, the only time a submission should be removed by a moderator is if it's obvious spam or illegal content like CP, otherwise, let the community curate its content. Shitty and irrelevant posts will be downvoated into the gutter where they belong.
UnknownCitizen ago
So, freedom of expression only works if your saying something? Is it shitty? Yes. But this is Voat. The community should handle the issue. The moderator is there to moderate completely at their discretion, unless there are community rules. Then the community should handle their issue. The second that voat as a whole starts exercising their will on smaller, less powerful groups, is the second we go down the Reddit Road and into the Digg Ditch.
Note: all within the confines of applicable laws.
ThisIsntMe123 ago
Here's the problem with them removing posts "at their discretion". What if they get paid by PUBG to hide Fortnite posts? In a "default" sub, they can hide posts from most people. How can the community fix it outside of asking for a rule? They can't leave a "default" community for another without getting the default changed and that post would look close to this one.
Basically, unless it's against the community's rules, I'm there to see what the community posts/upvoats not what the mods allow to the top.
go1dfish ago
https://voat.co/v/announcements/comments/729257
SpecialtyPizza ago
Eat a dick niggerfaggot. We dont need shithead mods deciding what is good and bad. So long as its not spam or bullshit then they shouldnt be involved.
SparkS ago
totally agreed dunno exactly what bullshit means but id also use that word bullshit in my way(propaganda, manipulatory socialistic tedencies)
GOMAD_OR_GFYAD ago
Go the fuck back to reddit with that bullshit attitude. The site is the community. The mod is not the voice of the community, the vote count is.
Crensch ago
Reddit cancermodding will not be tolerated, and supporting the use of modtools as "freedom of speech" to remove others' speech is really quite stupid.
Pissant ago
You honestly don't notice that every time this shit happens it's users of v/Soapboxbanhammer starting the bullshit?
Crensch ago
What the mods are doing is unacceptable.