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Blacksmith21 ago

How about #10?

Enforce the rules on the books logically and consistently across the sub? Personally, I'd like to see an end to the hit and run link posts with no written narrative. Somehow these manage to stay up...

argosciv ago

I'd like to see an end to the hit and run link posts with no written narrative. Somehow these manage to stay up...

THIS! So fucking much of this it's not funny! I asked this before a long time ago and admit, it's a bit draconian, but, thoughts on disabling the "Share a link" button(if possible)?

Reason:

Often see directly linked(no main body for submission) articles with ambiguous titles, I've adopted the habit of clicking "x comments" to see the comments instead - on the hopes that the poster has provided a bit of an explanation as to why they're sharing the link, or, failing that, to see if @derram has archived it :P

Why does it matter? Because I like to see that the person sharing the article, has actually read it and they found something they think we all need to look at - would it not behoove any genuine contributor here, to really 'sell the pitch' when it comes to something that warrants pizzagate exposure? It makes sense that if you are invested in what you're sharing, that you would want to tell us about it yourself; a bit of effort can go a long way.

Another point, although a personal peeve also, is that I really much prefer being able to stay right here on voat to read about this that and the other, where possible and reasonable - which is to say that, I really don't like when there's no explanation as to why I should be interested in the linked article/whatever, when even a few minutes spent parsing the article into a discussion post, would make all the difference.

This is why I've also adopted the habit of doing exactly that; parse the article contents or the most relevant parts, along with my thoughts/reasoning for sharing - there's some exceptions, but, I try to consider anyone else who might be sick of the "hit and run link posts", like me.

/endrant

@Vindicator @Millennial_Falcon @Crensch @heygeorge @Honeybee_

think- ago

Thought about this, and think it's actually a good idea. Might also prevent people from involuntarily click on cp, when linked in headline (there was a submission like this a couple of days ago.)

Also, shills would need to put in a bit more effort. ;-)

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Blacksmith21 ago

Shills can't/won't take the time to post.