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PuttItOut ago

We banned a bunch of accounts today and sent a tremendous amount of warnings.

I did accidently run a batch with a bad config setting and had to manually reverse things.

I think many that got warnings today may be from things up to two months ago.

We don't check warnings like we do bans, so you can get a warning pretty easily but it's nothing to worry about, just a way of us saying "hey, your account showed up on the naughty report."

Fuckallyoufuckers ago

Could you make it public who all got a warning, just for clarity's sake?

I think it would be amazing if we could correlate these warnings with participants of certain cliques/subverses.

Fateswebb ago

I got one, and I have a single account and don't in a NY way vote manipulate. I vote a single vote for myself when I feel compelled to do so. I do a lot of voting but isn't that my right or even the whole point of the board? It is called voat after all...

So I see mine as a false report as I have never colluded that's ridiculous.

european ago

to a degree the people who try to make pieces of the internet into their playground are the same people that add something to that place.. Whether it be just a mythical bogeyman for others to unite against. SBBH and SDBH have been a constant here for years.

PuttItOut ago

I should make it all public.

NOMOCHOMO ago

We support you Putt! @vindicator @shewhomustbeobeyed

Vindicator ago

Yes, please.

shewhomustbeobeyed ago

Excellent idea.

I ain't got no stinkin' warnings, yet. ;)

Did you?

NOMOCHOMO ago

Nope!

shewhomustbeobeyed ago

Kinda sucks. Nobody ever bans me, or warns me, nothin'. They just pat me on the head and send me on my merry way.

But there is this one time when @heygeorge doxxed me to everyone on SBBH. Thought I was a goner.

https://voat.co/v/SoapboxBanhammer/3191662

heygeorge ago

Shit MORE PROOF OF EVIL SBBH DOXXING @SRAYZIE @TRIGGLYPUFF @EXPERTSHITPOSTER @ZYKLON_B @GABARA UNTIE

zyklon_b ago

halp halp admins admins halp

shewhomustbeobeyed ago

Get your hands off my bra.

U said "UNTIE" not UNHOOK

cold hands, too. Brrrr.

ExpertShitposter ago

I'm banning @shewhomustbeobeyed hard as fuck.

shewhomustbeobeyed ago

I'm generally not one to complain, but if I'm going to be banned for disappointing Putt, shouldn't the whole site kind of be banned with me? I mean why single me out?

https://files.catbox.moe/eozmkg.PNG

Unfair

ExpertShitposter ago

we will re ban you for some other crimes another time.

shewhomustbeobeyed ago

Let me know if you need any evidence, won't you?

shewhomustbeobeyed ago

Nice to know something about you is hard. I knew those rumors were unfounded.

NiggersPost ago

Yeah you should..But you won't because then you will see that you fucked up and you'll have you admit it then. Bitch.

Fambida ago

You should have already made it public. Global bans that aren't for spam need a far more detailed explanation than "vote manipulation 1" or "vote manipulation -1"

Hand_of_Node ago

  • Voat > Hand_of_Node | Sent: 18 hours ago on 5/25/2019 1:58:39 AM
  • Vote Manipulation Warning
  • Your account has been flagged for vote manipulation. You risk being banned if you continue. This is just a friendly warning. P.S. We know they most likely deserved it!

You should. I want to see where this came from.

capcapcap ago

I do not think it's a good idea to reveal how the algorithms work nor to sentence people for one instance of it flagging them. But at the same time, I think a very awesome solution would be to make it public how often people are flagged. Once and maybe it was just a chance and maybe it doesn't mean anything. Few times and its obvious your activities are very unusual or (obviously) you are not playing fair.

Mittermeyer ago

Judging by mine it is easy to figure out. It doesn't go off of IP or anything accurate. Certain accounts are considered shills, then anyone who both upvoats and gets upvotes by said shill account is considered an alt. I upvotes the porn spammer in ARC and was upvotes by them before. Even though I am the only person in my household that uses Voat and only have one account I was caught up in it because it is a spray and pray strategy.

Fuckallyoufuckers ago

PLEASE. I haven't been the most polite person to have around, assuming I am on the radar at all, but people and their little Game of Thrones-esque political bullshit doesn't satisfy anything but their own egos. Giving people space to operate in such a way is what leads to superusers and powermods.

Voat has entirely too much drama. I've been here for a long, long time despite my Q badge. I came here because I hated Reddit, not because I wanted to make another version of Reddit, complete with petty bullshit and a hivemind. Take my opinion for what it is worth, but this place has been changing, slowly but surely, and not in a good way.

Goys-R-Us ago

I haven't been the most polite person to have around

This from fuckallyoufuckers, lol. I like you.

Locked_Account ago

I thin Voat has just enough drama. This thread and the warnings are awesome. I want a badge that says "BANNED." (But not to be really banned.)