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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iburnaga ago
If you know someone is being paid to advertise or otherwise act on Voat you should probably report them. I"m pretty sure that's in violation of the TOS somewhere. The same goes for people using the downvote as a disagree button. If you disagree, say so, don't be a cunt and down vote. But also remember that just because someone thinks your point of view is retarded doesn't mean that they're a shill about 99% of the time. I think Topless Tuesday should be mandatory and the presidency of the US should be decided with a deathmatch, anyone who disagrees with me might be a shill but most likely not.