Child Porn clearly has no place on Voat. Having said that, I cringe at the notion of censorship. It is a slippery slope. Look at what Reddit has become.
My preference would be the addition of a user option to block 1. posters and 2. specific content sources. That way it is the user's decision not to view specific posts and it only affects that user. I don't care what Amalek posts I don't want to see it. Perhaps someone else does. No reason for me, or the mods, to get in their way.
Presumably this would reduce the burden on the mods who currently play wack-a-mole, chasing whatever alias Amalek is using today.
As for illegal content, a "report" button could be included. This could be used to immediately restrict access to said content until the mods have an opportunity to follow up.
i think the report function could be abused unless it is somehow linked to an IP address. what is to stop me from creating alt accounts and reporting everything i disagree with?
Any system can be abused -- and its amazing the lengths people will go to to abuse a system.
That is specifically why, if I were designing it, I would not automatically hide 'reported' content until the mods review it. At the very least I would set a threshold, e.g. number of 'reports', that had to occur before it was hidden. Also, If I did set a threshold, I wouldn't publicize what it is. Perhaps not even to the mods.
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Child Porn clearly has no place on Voat. Having said that, I cringe at the notion of censorship. It is a slippery slope. Look at what Reddit has become.
My preference would be the addition of a user option to block 1. posters and 2. specific content sources. That way it is the user's decision not to view specific posts and it only affects that user. I don't care what Amalek posts I don't want to see it. Perhaps someone else does. No reason for me, or the mods, to get in their way.
Presumably this would reduce the burden on the mods who currently play wack-a-mole, chasing whatever alias Amalek is using today.
As for illegal content, a "report" button could be included. This could be used to immediately restrict access to said content until the mods have an opportunity to follow up.
Thanks for all your effort.
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i think the report function could be abused unless it is somehow linked to an IP address. what is to stop me from creating alt accounts and reporting everything i disagree with?
7608825? ago
Any system can be abused -- and its amazing the lengths people will go to to abuse a system.
That is specifically why, if I were designing it, I would not automatically hide 'reported' content until the mods review it. At the very least I would set a threshold, e.g. number of 'reports', that had to occur before it was hidden. Also, If I did set a threshold, I wouldn't publicize what it is. Perhaps not even to the mods.