Evidence of REDDIT-style censorship currently on VOAT

Evidence of REDDIT-style censorship currently on VOAT (Conspiracy)

submitted 9.8 years ago by mHtt

Had a reddit account for over 8 years, not one comment deleted ever. Came to voat about 4 months ago after reading the How Reddit Was Destroyed (ver3.0) thread And this weekend I got my first ever notice of a comment deleted!

Much to my dismay I was curious, did I accidentally violate Swiss laws? Did I mistakenly dox someone? what little comment of mine could warrant such derision? Well low and behold my comment from this thread in fat people hate, where I point out the futility of shaming people in a forum they'll never see it, in the hopes of helping them loose weight.

Some FPH mods actually believe they are helping people

I've been in the FPH community for about 6 months, and considered it my reddit home. Anti-obesity it's something I feel very strongly about, not just from a FPH fat-shaming standpoint, but also from a "how do we solve the obesity problem" active standpoint.

and all I did was point out that logic is futile if they never see the content directed towards them.

Low and behold I make a thread on v/voat discussing my comment deletion

and who turns up?

FPH mod: @12_Years_A_Toucan openly states:

We don't allow people who are there to fight, argue, and comment dissenting opinions to the community and our community likes it that way

AAAAAAND another FPH MOD confirming censorship:

user @ https://voat.co/user/SportyStrawberry: posted

DING DING DING!

YES we censor dissenting opinions from our subverse, as is our right. We have never claimed otherwise. Are you daft?

So there you have it folks see for yourself how this community thinks it's better than the down voat button. Think it can decide what you can and can't read. Feast your eyes on CENSORSHIP.

MUAHAHAHA

i had fun writing this time to play tf2 a bit and let some comments roll in. :)

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wmq 9.8 years ago

You must differentiate between subverse mod censorship and site admin censorship. If someone created subverse I think it's ok for him to set up some internal rules and enforce them. It's different from Reddit-style removal of something because it doesn't please site owners/CEO.

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mHtt 9.8 years ago

then what's the point of the downvoat/upvoat mechanism if you just delete content based on a single users (mods) opinion?

if you disregard the voat mechanism: voat no longer functions as a social media news aggregate and free speech platform, but more of a censored-hate-infested-circlejerk webforum.

This is exactly why voat has mod logs so this bull shit doesn't happen. use the upvoat/ downvoat button likes its supposed to be used.

Read this:

No legal subject in this universe should be out of bounds. Our aim is to build a site that serves the needs and wants of our users; one that strives for quality over >quantity, and doesn't pander to the lowest common denominator in return for traffic.

and

Will you censor comments and submissions?

While we don't necessarily approve or agree with all content that users submit to Voat, our policy is to not meddle and not censor content unless said content is illegal in Switzerland.

here

If you don't like content you downvoat it you don't remove it. That's censorship, or make your subverse private.