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.