So many of us have wanted this fake news site banned. That’s great news! Here are details for those who missed it...
New Update...
INITIAL PROOF OF VOTE MANIPULATION
Steps involved:
One sockpuppet account creates two or three comments
Other sockpuppets(5 to 6) upvote the comments.
As soon as the votes are registered and ccp score is cached, the sockpuppet account makes at least one submission to GA or QRV subverse.
The account then immediately deletes the comments that were used to upvote and bypass ccp restriction for submission. This also prevents downvotes from other genuine users (they downvote them because the site spreads fake news).
The newly submitted submissions, they quickly gain at least 5 upvotes within 7 minutes or so. It may be shorter, but I don't have a way of confirming it, due to cache timing on Voat.
This tactic has been used at least 3 times.
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Minxy_84 ago
Good work keep up the investigating. I'm sure it takes up a lot of your time I would like to see this forum grow and be more useful.
CovfefeFan ago
I agree. I used to subscribe to both GA and QRV, but QRV mods couldn't keep them under control. GA mods are very good at research and staying on top of it. They get a lot of slack from the instigators. As a test I posted something on both GA and QRV that would trigger the type of people who do this stuff. Within a short amount of time I got 7 up voat here and 7 down voats on QRV. Then on QRV were hoards of vicious comments. So I unsubscribed from QRV. I'm guessing that's what this mob wanted all along, but I can get more quality stuff here since these mods actually work on keeping this place legit.
argosciv ago
For the record, QRV is supposed to be 'uncontrolled'.
Voat as a whole, GA and QRV included, is anti-censorship. Imagine the shitshow if QRV mods started deleting submissions that don't break voatwide rules?
QRV mods didn't even delete submissions which were blatantly spreading bullshit about the 8ch qresearch BO. They just flaired appropriately and let people do their thing.
CovfefeFan ago
I suppose you are right. I just isn't for me. I suppose my OCD or other issues are just with me. Luckily, I can get what I want here and avoid that mess. I'm glad there is this option.
srayzie ago
Do you mean that’s a good thing or a bad thing?
argosciv ago
It is what it is lol.
For the record, certainly not saying anything bad about GA or QRV. Not trying to anyway.