A month ago, you could tell that the shills had not arrived yet, at least not very many of them. You could post how much you thought the US government was corrupt, and how obvious blatant false flags were, and you would get dozens of upvotes and not a single downvote. You could talk about how GMOs are not 100% safe and how vaccines need to be given independent studies to verify their safety. No downvotes, lots of people agreeing with you.
But in the last few days, I've been seeing a lot more downvotes overall, and a lot more stifling of dissent. Sure, the general opinion is still "fuck the US government", but now instead of a post like that having +30 -0, it's now +30 -10. And those downvotes will surely only grow larger in the coming months.
They're here. And they're trying to manipulate public opinion here just like they did on Reddit. Be prepared.
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Social_Extinction ago
I've always hated the concept of "voting" in lieu of coherent expression, ie, Facebook, Disqus commenting, Reddit, Voat, etc.
If you can't articulate something thoughtful about a subject, you shouldn't be given the opportunity to inject your mysterious opinion in the context of a forum discussion.
pitenius ago
This.
:) I agree. Using the voats to sort the comments imbues the voats with value, though.
Remember: only ever comment on the highest ranked comments. Always be funny. Never engage in a lengthy exchange of ideas only likely to earn you one upvoat per poast. That's the formula to being a super-user!