One of the tells is that the person uses odd terminology or comes at topics from obtuse angles. As a newbie you may not have caught on to Voat's way of talking about things and so more resemble a shill than a goat.
For example: I had to read your comment about Alephantitis' feelings about the camera being moved a few times to figure out what your angle was.
One tactic of CTR during the election was to make reasonable sounding comments that were ultimately trying to muddy the waters. Introduce notes of doubt etc. It's hard to explain to a newbie why these more subtle shills stand out, because they just do.
Sure legit newbies will get called shills, but we can't slow down for them. They have to catch up with us. Learn where it's appropriate and acceptable to demand evidence or speculate on different motivations or causes behind aspects of the investigation. And watch out for unnecessarily obtuse language. Autists in general don't like wishy-washy language and will default to downvoating as a quick problem solving response so they can move on with the real focus of their attention.
So if you all want to go ahead and participate in group think over upvotes, then I am going to leave.
Don't make ultimatums like this. Leave or don't leave. This reads as concern trolling and criticism of a system that's actually working and successfully exposing the people and networks behind these crimes, and that alone will get you downvoated.
Contribute where you can. Be a positive member of the community. These are the things that will get you accepted.
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One of the tells is that the person uses odd terminology or comes at topics from obtuse angles. As a newbie you may not have caught on to Voat's way of talking about things and so more resemble a shill than a goat.
For example: I had to read your comment about Alephantitis' feelings about the camera being moved a few times to figure out what your angle was.
One tactic of CTR during the election was to make reasonable sounding comments that were ultimately trying to muddy the waters. Introduce notes of doubt etc. It's hard to explain to a newbie why these more subtle shills stand out, because they just do.
Sure legit newbies will get called shills, but we can't slow down for them. They have to catch up with us. Learn where it's appropriate and acceptable to demand evidence or speculate on different motivations or causes behind aspects of the investigation. And watch out for unnecessarily obtuse language. Autists in general don't like wishy-washy language and will default to downvoating as a quick problem solving response so they can move on with the real focus of their attention.
Don't make ultimatums like this. Leave or don't leave. This reads as concern trolling and criticism of a system that's actually working and successfully exposing the people and networks behind these crimes, and that alone will get you downvoated.
Contribute where you can. Be a positive member of the community. These are the things that will get you accepted.