There is nothing wrong with pointing out undesirable practices in the hope of securing free speech across the whole platform. This is a free speech platform and no one is forced to be here.
The problem arises when mods abuse powers and instill rules countering the ethos’s of Voat, i.e. upholding Free speech.
If word policing is left unchallenged it will spread to other subs and cause others to feel compelled to intervene in the pursuit of protecting free speech which we have all grown to love. We all have a responsibility to protect this right in an encreasing hostile world.
We know this as the natural reaction of the Voat immune system for people like @kevdude and others to call these things out.
If content is indesirable but not illegal the downvote feature is perfectly functional. Any other methods of removing free speech should be frowned upon and challenged to secure the integrity of the site as a whole.
You may not like the way people get called out for squelching Free Speech but called out they should be. Noone is perfect here, we all should play a part in protecting our undeniable rights to Free Speech.
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There is nothing wrong with pointing out undesirable practices in the hope of securing free speech across the whole platform. This is a free speech platform and no one is forced to be here.
The problem arises when mods abuse powers and instill rules countering the ethos’s of Voat, i.e. upholding Free speech.
If word policing is left unchallenged it will spread to other subs and cause others to feel compelled to intervene in the pursuit of protecting free speech which we have all grown to love. We all have a responsibility to protect this right in an encreasing hostile world.
We know this as the natural reaction of the Voat immune system for people like @kevdude and others to call these things out.
If content is indesirable but not illegal the downvote feature is perfectly functional. Any other methods of removing free speech should be frowned upon and challenged to secure the integrity of the site as a whole.
You may not like the way people get called out for squelching Free Speech but called out they should be. Noone is perfect here, we all should play a part in protecting our undeniable rights to Free Speech.