Sooooo... Let Me get this straight. You're using an automated system to take administrative action against real live human beings? That's not how this shit's supposed to be handled. If a user is creating enough of a problem to cause a large amount of other users to complain/flag, then You handle that one user. Look over Their posts, observe Their behavior, Etc. Just making a fucking script to crap out warnings/bans is pathetic. It's fucking Youtube and Facebook tier. This is why I make fun of programmers all the time, never met one with an actual work ethic. You geeks think You're hot shit because You're walking meat calculators, but the second something needs good old time and effort, You run to the fucking hills.

And "vote farming" as an automated bannable offense? It's meaningless. Who cares if someone spends/gets a lot of Their goodboy points. Isn't that what voting is for? Let the people decide what is and isn't good for the group? If some fagler gets Their jimmies rustled to the point that They're willing to stalk another user and downvote everything They post, then discipline that user, assuming action even needs to be taken. If a bunch of Qfags want to vote each other up, again, Handle Them directly. Anything else is abuse of power/censorship.

You've fallen into the same trap as any other privately owned and operated venue; That there is no such thing as free speech, only what You allow to be said at Your venue. Anything else is a sham.

Voting systems on forums have always been a joke, they serve no other purpose other than "I agree / disagree with this post", because ultimately, every forum's owner will at some point say "fuck it" and start dictating what is and isn't allowed on Their property, and believe Me, When an admin/owner inevitably start's losing an argument, They're quick to remind You that You are on Their private property.

Credit where credit is due, Voat lasted longer than 8chan, but in the end these places always pick and choose what "free" speech is.