what does that mean? please explain the wink. i mean i thought all the mods in here already knew the creator of this website, so he would already have a good idea of what reddit has become. not much of a difference here from reddit regarding the sites infancy.
Can you also remove the ban to blogspot and put in some kind of restriction just like this one for it. There are amazing bogger on there and we are missing some serious analysis because of the ban.
This is the best solution I think, sometimes a couple of sites will have a lot of good articles in a short period.
May be a user can only post say, 10 times from a particular site in a 24 hour period. Now that can go different ways, they could post 10 different articles from the site to one sub or multiple subs, or they could post 1 article to multiple subs. This would limit website promoting from particular sites by interested parties, but still allow for the free flow of necessary article promotion.
Good solution Atko, I would simply ask the 'ban/censor' hammer not come down so hard next time, imo it should have been directed at the user. -I'm at Voat for free speech. I'm gone the minute its not an option.
If Voat wants to maintain transparency it should 1) publish a list of all websites it has banned, 2) provide reasonable explanations as to who/what/where/why/when/how the site was banned, and 3) list appropriate steps to be unbanned where possible. If (and I stress IF) Zero Hedge has been silently banned, I just lost a HUGE amount of trust in Voat.
edit: ban was lifted. I'd still love to see my idea implemented though.
Back when this site was new, many months ago, some asshole ran a bot that automatically registered accounts here with the names of prominent posters on /r/Conspiracy. As far as I know, those accounts were never returned. This might be a remnant of that.
Who would we even go to to ask something like this? I'm still relatively new to voat and only really know how to participate on a basic level lol just comment and post really
axolotl__peyotl ago
Atko's explanation and solution are both spot on. Thanks for continuing to make this place great. It's what sets Voat apart from You-Know-Where.
axolotl__peyotl ago
Thank you Atko!
I'm sorry if I came off as a little rabble-rousey. I missed the earlier threads about what led to the ban, and I understand.
I think your solution is spot on, and I seriously applaud you for all the effort you've been putting into this site.
Although, I'm not quite sure you realize what you've gotten yourself into ;)
turtlehurmit ago
what does that mean? please explain the wink. i mean i thought all the mods in here already knew the creator of this website, so he would already have a good idea of what reddit has become. not much of a difference here from reddit regarding the sites infancy.
salvia_d ago
Can you also remove the ban to blogspot and put in some kind of restriction just like this one for it. There are amazing bogger on there and we are missing some serious analysis because of the ban.
not_reddit ago
That's lame to spam a website here, but I gotta admit I love zerohedge.
SomeoneOnTheInternet ago
How about allowing single users to submit links from the same domain only X amount of times per 24 hours?
If a big news site has lots of good news coming out, would suck if they couldn't be submitted.
And then maybe some sort of algorithm to check, if a user has like 50%+ of his submissions from the same domain, then throttle just them.
OWNtheNWO ago
This is the best solution I think, sometimes a couple of sites will have a lot of good articles in a short period.
May be a user can only post say, 10 times from a particular site in a 24 hour period. Now that can go different ways, they could post 10 different articles from the site to one sub or multiple subs, or they could post 1 article to multiple subs. This would limit website promoting from particular sites by interested parties, but still allow for the free flow of necessary article promotion.
QuestionEverything ago
Good solution Atko, I would simply ask the 'ban/censor' hammer not come down so hard next time, imo it should have been directed at the user. -I'm at Voat for free speech. I'm gone the minute its not an option.
MajorDrunk ago
This is a great idea for now, thanks.
MajorDrunk ago
If Voat wants to maintain transparency it should 1) publish a list of all websites it has banned, 2) provide reasonable explanations as to who/what/where/why/when/how the site was banned, and 3) list appropriate steps to be unbanned where possible. If (and I stress IF) Zero Hedge has been silently banned, I just lost a HUGE amount of trust in Voat.
edit: ban was lifted. I'd still love to see my idea implemented though.
Gamerdog6482 ago
When's the last time he posted?
Back when this site was new, many months ago, some asshole ran a bot that automatically registered accounts here with the names of prominent posters on /r/Conspiracy. As far as I know, those accounts were never returned. This might be a remnant of that.
old_soul ago
I understand that situation but the ban should be removed now.
jerry ago
Who would we even go to to ask something like this? I'm still relatively new to voat and only really know how to participate on a basic level lol just comment and post really
ideasware ago
I have no clue -- I think many times it's actually wonderful and perceptive analyses, and I can't figure out the reason it's been banned at all.