Orwellian Censorship on Voat (Conspiracy)

submitted ago by GuyFoxicus

Hi guys,

So I just experienced what I think is some serious censorship on this site. I would really hate for Voat to turn into Reddit, and letting this go unnoticed would set a terrible precedent. A user many of you may know called "NeedleStack" deleted my submissions on the Wikileaks Voat and marked them "YouTube channel spam." These submissions were videos I worked really hard on and contained information that was pertinent to the Wikileaks subverse. The videos had upvotes so they definitely weren't received poorly. I only shared two videos in two weeks. Those got deleted and when I asked why I was completely ignored. I posted another submission to see what would happen and they banned me completely. I sent messages and i'm still being ignored.

So I sent a total of three videos in two weeks and was banned. The third doesn't really count since I was already being censored.

I'm very cognizant to never come off as a spammer. I am only trying to enrich those that care to watch my videos with pertinent information in accordance with the subject matter of the subverse. Unfortunately, I have to share my own videos since YouTube's algorithm doesn't do me any favors, especially with my conspiratorial subject matter.

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NeedleStack ago

You have been violating voat’s rules on self-promotion and spam (with the help of at least two other alts) by posting your youtube channel links across multiple subs on voat for at least a month.

I only shared two videos in two weeks.

That is a lie. You have used your alts CounterSpin and DearClaudio (as well as your GuyFoxicus account) to post your youtube channel’s links in recent hours and days.

/u/CounterSpin

/u/DearClaudio

Voat’s rules on self-promotion and spam:

Can I submit links to sites I operate?

Submitting only links to sites you operate (or are associated with), without submitting other, unrelated links, is considered spamming. If you submit niche content (for example gaming videos from your own YouTube channel), you should create your own subverse and submit the content only to that subverse. If majority of the links you submit are to sites you are associated with, your domains may be globally banned from Voat. To be on the safe side, if you submit 10 links to various subverses on Voat, at most 5 of the 10 submitted links may be to the sites you are associated with.

The rules are right there in the FAQ page.

Can I submit links to any subverse I want?

Each subverse has its own rules which are usually stated in the respective subverse's sidebar. If you ignore said rules, your account may be banned from submitting further content to the subverse or in some cases, globally.

Two of your alts (CounterSpin and GuyFoxicus) post the youtube channel links 100% of the time.

DearClaudio ago

Not an alt sorry wasn't trying to violate rules. I just happen to think the channel has great informative videos. I look through the feeds and don't see those videos. I won't post them anymore that is fine. Though for sure this is my only voat account.

CounterSpin ago

Thanks for the support man! It means a lot that I had such an impact. It sucks you can't share my videos anymore