Voat has proven itself to be incredibly effective at deterring and shutting down spammers before they can gain any real traction on this site. This is due to the Voting system in place on the site that can downvoat spammers to the point of no return.
However, this voting system can be, and has been, used to downvoat unpopular opinions, which is contradictory to Voat's stance on free speech for all. Left leaning ideas are effectively deterred by the majority of users of Voat, as the majority of Voaters are conservative individuals who were ousted from their respective social networks for 'wrong think'. Because of the concentration of certain ideals on Voat, there is a variation of 'wrong think' on Voat as well.
What I'm suggesting is that, after a significantly high number if CCP accrued by a user, that user will unlock a God Mode variant known as Super Goat. If you've gotten enough CCP, then you have the option to unlock the Super Goat mode which disables all restrictions that could be placed on your account due to CCP going into the negatives. Downvoats will no longer affect your ability to post on the site despite how many you build up on the site.
This won't be beneficial to spammers since they can rarely get to a point where they can even boost their points to over 100 CCP, and even they try to use a sleeper account method, then the account will have a mile long paper trail to show how they built up their account just to be able to get to the Super Goat status to start spamming.
This adds protection to the Users of Voat who know the rules, interact extensively with the community, and because of that earn a reward for their contributions. Super Goats will not have to worry about their Free Speech being censored for an unpopular opinion. If that person post a controversial opinion, then a user who opposes that point will either make a downvoat that doesn't influence the Super Goat, or make a response to that post that expresses their opposing opinion.
However, this unlockable can be revoked if the account in question is accused and found guilty of spam, which is the ultimate reason why the voting system and 10 and 100 CCP unlockables were implemented. With a seasoned account suddenly going on a posting spree endorsing some random website in every subverse will be incredibly apparent.
This also doesn't mean that Super Goat users can't have their posts downvoated either, but rather protects them from brigading. Their comments and their posts can get downvoats, but it won't reflect on the Super Goat account. This may deter a Super Goat from SCPs because the visibility of those posts can be influenced by the community, but all comments will still be available to the submission since they aren't deleted except in the case of a post conflicting with Sub Rules about comments. This also means their CCP won't increase either once they hit the CCP mark for Super Goat mode, if activated.
The Super Goat status could be abused, and the same can be said for all rules of Voat. Spammers still get their 10 CCP to start submitting posts, users still try to set up Voat Farms, and v/ProtectVoat has done a fantastic job of stopping these events from gaining significant traction. However, for a user to garner, say, 4000 CCP requires far more effort than spammers paid by the post will ever achieve, and would drastically restrict the material they would be able to spam with even if they were determined to reach that Super Goat status. Only dedicated Voaters will achieve this status, and will have proven their worth to the site to earn such a feature.
Doctor_Manhattan ago
I find this 10 CCP crap for posting very annoying. I'm a new user, i have 3 CCP, i want to make some submissions of my own. I'm not a super involved user, so the stupid site is forcing me to crap post that i don't really care about just to get these 10 points. On top of that, people can down vote you if they don't like your politics -_- ..... That's a real concern, since this homogenizes the users. Seriously, it's should be the local mods that should be more responsible for spam control. And lol, i managed to start a section of my own, but i can't post in it....
To summarize. 10CCP limit is too draconian, and this homogenizes the users. You can't spam control with just one stupid rule.
PuttitoutIsGone ago
No. No. No. Just no.
FrozenFire74 ago
Why?
bman0321 ago
These reddit brigades could up voat farm. For this to work, there needs to be other factors like some kind of weighted sum. Off the top of my head, minimum account age, submission variety, banishment by certain moderators, what the content of comments are, and a voat tribunal.
FrozenFire74 ago
They could definitely Upvoat Farm, but that would be an easy process to observe. A new user netting hundreds of CCP in a weeks time is very indicative of farming. Of course, Age should also be a factor in this as well, so multiple parameters should be incorporated. This would prevent Spammers from growing new accounts rapidly to get to the Super Goat level.
I'm not so keen on age influence the weight of an upvoat or downvoat since it would allow some of the oldest accounts to target users with unpopular opinions quite rapidly, but the idea of an account being at least one year to two years old with a high level of CCP points would seem a reasonable candidate for Super Goat status.