Mostly, I'm seeing climate change topics being brought up. I'm not gonna take sides on this topic right now, there's plenty of better places to debate climate science.
It seems to me that the superusers have found a new divisive topic on voat. With all the influx of the /r/news people, it seems like reddits bullshit is getting dredged up. Regardless of your opinion, don't let them turn this place into reddit. Don't get in arguments if you know neither you or the other are open to an actual discussion.
I have a strong feeling that the superusers here are some of the same people that were on reddit. They will always post whatever will get the most attention, good or bad. Its almost like they aggregate opinions from a site, and choose their posts to match. Almost exactly like a bot algorithm would.
I expect this to only get worse as voat gets more traffic. I'm not sure there's much anyone can do about this, but I think we should all try and stay aware of what is happening, for better or worse.
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ocd ago
regardless of topic. Keeping civil even in the face of apparent rudeness and baiting is probably the easiest way to stay sane. Reddit actually was an incredibly civil and open minded community for a long time and different people have different opinions as to reasons for a decline. /r/theoryofreddit is a place to start looking . Reddit actually still has an enormous amount to offer if you look around and look for smaller subs.
Sciency ago
Your right, reddit used to be amazing. That's actually why I liked voat so much when I first came over. It just reminded me so much of what reddit should/could have been. I used that site from 2007-2015, and I just can't bring myself to go there for reasons other than research (and no, that's not a euphemism. heh). However, despite the somewhat untarnished quality in some of the small corners, I just don't feel right giving such a pro-censorship business my pageviews.
I don't fault others for using them for their services, its just a personal moral conflict for me.
ocd ago
I really do not think it is possible for something to grow and maintain the original feel that made it popular . It happens in all areas of life unfortunately.