Attention Newcomers, Journalists, Subverse members. (pizzagate)

submitted ago by kingkongwaswrong

This subverse is for the investigation of and dissemination of information related to #pizzagate. For all newcomers, please stop the circlejerk pats on the back submissions, please limit them to comments. WE CAN ONLY SET 1 STICKY SO THIS IS IT BOYS AND GIRLS.

# 1 Rule DO NOT LINK TO CP (childporn) That will pretty much undermine the sub, could cause members to be charged and go to jail, and get us banned. Please let me know by mentioning me if someone has linked to CP. (use @kingkongwaswrong in your comment)

What you can do right now - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1429028

Getting up to speed on #pizzagate, image version - https://sli.mg/a/ybiz3L

Getting up to speed on #pizzagate, text version - http://archive.is/4Uzg8

Message to journalists - archive of the last thread over at reddit: https://archive.fo/MrsGu#selection-1807.0-2093.34

On my modding + suggestions - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1428377

On shills and JTRIG - https://archive.fo/MOaOk

/r/Pizzagate archives - https://archive.fo/https://www.reddit.com/r/pizzagate/comments/

/r/pizzagate scrape - available for 24 hours - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1428510

Voat canary - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1428846

BEFORE YOU SUBMIT A LINK OR THREAD

  • Sliding is an effective mechanism used by shills - whereby they flood a forum with low value distracting content to 'slide' important content
  • So lets not help the shills.
  • Before you post, consider what value you're adding
  • Yes we know you're happy and it's great that we have a replacement for reddit, but feel free to add that sentiment below, rather than diluting our sub with more posts
  • This sub is for investigation, knowledge sharing and learning, not for circlejerking.
  • Example of a well intentioned but waste-of-space submission - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1428993

Other things we need

  • We need a safety thread, this whole domain of investigation is unsafe. If someone wants to write one up or link me to an archived version of the pizzagate ones that would be great.
  • Would also be useful to get a thread on what to look for from shills, so we can see them and point them out easily.
  • Might also be good to have a thread on voat vs reddit? cultural differences?

Investigative guides

  • Never assume that info is safe captured once. Use redundancies, including pastebin, archive.is, waybackmachine and screenshotting. We never know what might be deleted or taken down.
  • **We use http://sli.mg/ not imgur here. imgur has a strong affiliation with reddit. **
  • Check link urls before you click them (hover over them and see what they read at the bottom of your browser). be critical of outside links that are unfamiliar

Definitions

  • CP - child porn
  • MSM - Main Stream Media
  • Shill - someone who is paid to push a specific agenda online
  • JTRIG - Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, Government planned Shilling
  • CTR - Correct the Record, DNC funded shills

My personal suggestions

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND MAKING AN ONGOING MONTHLY DONATION TO VOAT https://store.voat.co/donate-5-every-month us paying means they don't need to rely on investors which may bias them in the future.

  • Make an account and join us, but some users have suggested using a different name to your reddit account
  • Don't post info that could identify you
  • Exercise critical thinking and judgement at all times, be skeptical but helpful
  • Be kind to each other
  • Save downvotes for shills
  • Don't post distracting content or 'funnies'. Memes are ok when informative and used to spread a message, but not just to laugh at 'in jokes'
  • Check out gab.ai - another independent platform that's kind of like a mix between reddit and twitter

Please post suggestions and feedback below.

You can use @kingkongwaswrong to get my attention in a thread, but please don't spam me.

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brucethemoose ago

cultural differences?

Voat is basically Reddit without any kind of filter. Say whatever the hell you want, don't worry about it getting you banned.

There currently appears to be a strong right-wing bias... and there is. But alot of it is just a anti-establishment bias, kinda like Wikileaks recently. So if you're left-leaning yourself, don't be discouraged by the front page: you're welcome here too. More than welcome actually, we need more lefties to balance things out.

Voat, however, is NOT tolerant of SJW-types. That philosophy is just incompatible with the point of the site.

HorseSizedDuck ago

I'd also like to add that, as a natural extension of the "no filter" thing, Voat is very vehemently against unnecessary moderation. Trying to establish a mod team in the same way you would on Reddit, or expecting the same level of content curation, will get a lot of backlash. I know a lot of people are here because Reddit's overbearing moderation style drove them out, but just fair warning to our new members that it does goes both ways, and expecting moderators weed out "bad" content is not taken lightly.