I've been here for <48 hours. My actual account (user/suckcoke) was bridged by what appears to be the same 4 users. They downvoted all my CCP to -127. I can't vote or post anything from there.
What should I do? I know I'm still learning the in-and-out of VOAT, but damn. I don't know how I pissed someone off that badly so fast, but I did, now what do I do?
mrrabe ago
Zomg i kno i'm such a shill rite?
protectdeeznuts ago
What are the chances if I go through your history I find you talking to Insanegoat in some way?
Yep: https://voat.co/v/ImGoingToHellForThis/1633832/7979167
https://archive.fo/IUGdx
brigaded2 ago
See, I just read about that user on a side bar. WTF?
mrrabe ago
Sanegoat has a very coordinated downvoat brigade against him right now too, I wouldn't be too sure it was him. Shoot him a message and ask him yourself instead going along with the Lynch mob, I am pretty sure he is a radical free speech supporter at heart.
protectdeeznuts ago
He downvote brigades users with low CCP who he suspects or doesn't like.
brigaded2 ago
I had ~50 CCP when this started. I was here for <48 hours. What this fuck is with this web site?
protectdeeznuts ago
You also had -127 an hour ago and now have -45
Every website has assholes like Insanegoat.
brigaded2 ago
What's the deal? It wasn't even over by posting from imgur, just the users being an asshat?
Laurentius_the_pyro ago
it's just sanegoatIswear
Don't worry, puttitout just pushed an update today that will allow better detection of brigades using bot accounts together with a warning that use of vote bots will be bannable from this point on.
Rainy-Day-Dream ago
it's one user who seems to have a shit ton of accounts, he's also not the most emotionally stable person
protectdeeznuts ago
He thinks people who use imgur are shills. He probably thinks that because you got SCP so fast you are a shill. So he went and downvoted your account. There's no point trying to guess the motives of a madman.
Talc ago
It'll be 1 user with 4 accounts. Open yourself another 10 accounts and do the same right back.
brigaded2 ago
So Voat admins don't look into brigading? That sucks.
Rainy-Day-Dream ago
we only have one admin at the moment and he's overworked
Disappointed ago
They are actually. @PuttItOut is very busy but he might see this. You could also send them a PM.
Talc ago
maybe they're looking into it, maybe they're not, but nothing was done about it when I was brigaded so I figure the answer is to arm myself to do the same right back.
1moar ago
Don't post imgur links. I didn't brigade, rather I posted archive versions. Idk what else happened, stick around and get the vibe of things. At the same time, some people have no lives. You'll be aight.
brigaded2 ago
Yeah I didn't realize Voat's hatred of imgur, but that doesn't explain the issue with comments. If they hated the posts, wouldn't they hit the posts and not the comments?
Talc ago
Downvoting your comments into -ve causes more restrictions than downvoting your submissions into -ve
1moar ago
Perhaps. There's a couple loose cannons with many alts around. Could be that one person decided they don't like you and tried to run you off the res. Don't take it too hard.
brigaded2 ago
Well, I can't use that account now as I can't vote, post, or even comment.
Disappointed ago
You can comment 10 times every 24 hours. You still get 10 upvotes per day. I think its 3 submissions every 24 hours too.
brigaded2 ago
Honestly, this site isn't worth it.
1WinfieldBlue ago
Why?
brigaded2 ago
I left reddit because the admins and mods didn't do anything about harassment and targeting from their users which breaks reddit policy. I find a bunch of subs on here I liked on reddit, and see there hasn't been anything posted for a while. I post a lot of content to help boost the subs and interact with users. Someone gets pissy and prevents me from posting anything else because I used an image hosting site they disapprove of and didn't know that wasn't the preferred image hosting site of voat until after I did all the posting? Wtf.
1WinfieldBlue ago
That fkn sucks man :( don't give up on voat though! Keep up with your account
brigaded2 ago
user/protectdeeznuts just pointed out I had an interaction with u/Insanegoat. https://voat.co/v/ImGoingToHellForThis/1633832/7979167
What's the deal?
Laurentius_the_pyro ago
dude is a longtime voater that has always been a bit cooky but generally somewhat reasonable, but lately he's been going full reddit levels of cancer out of nowhere accusing anyone who disagrees with him of being a shill, claiming he's going to call the cops on them and then downvoating them dozens of times with alts, and of course banning them from his subverses.
@puttitout, our current only admin is cleaning things up today
1WinfieldBlue ago
Lol I honestly don't involve myself with that nonsense
Disappointed ago
I think it's fine once you get used to it.