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VeryOffended ago

[–] VeryOffended 0 points ( +0| -0) 7 minutes ago

Why is this still stickied? It's been months. You and many others have the best intentions, but I promise you that this drives people away. Some people may want to contribute, some may be traumatized and want to contribute with time, some may be new and turned off seeing "drama" and fear contributing. Months? Why? Is this really so important that it should be the first thing one sees when they enter? False info can be researched and debunked and downvoated. Shills don't drive people away, this sort if thing does. It's obvious. Look at the shrinking community, "trusted useres" and posts over time. I trusted this community over time some bit ago. I have story to tell, but I've seen a significant decrease in community here and trust. It's power driven and cultish with the mods. I'm discouraged daily when it comes to research here, the community here, and contributing. There used to be so much more and I had hope.

Vindicator ago

Shills don't drive people away, this sort if thing does.

The reason we took these measures, VO, is because this particular shill and his alt farm targeted numerous users and forced them to leave Voat. He is dangerous. Very hard to believe any serious user of v/pizzagate would want the nasty, deceptive activity we have documented here to be hidden from view, especially during a period where we got 2,000 brand-new subscribers in a month coming out of Reddit.

You may want to consider that this comment of yours telling us not to talk about this echoes one of Esoteric's chief talking points and makes you look like another of his alts.

VeryOffended ago

What us the reason for keeping this sort of thing stickied for so long? Your reasoning well intentioned, but has keeping this up top helped?

Vindicator ago

Well, if you check the bastard's recent comment history, you will see that he keeps coming back trying to rehabilitate his image. Perhaps if other users joined mods in asking him to delete his account, he would realize his tactics aren't acceptable here and do so. As it is, he thinks he can continue to prey on new users. He sees himself as a savior here to "educate" and tell people what to think. What are we supposed to do about that, other than put up a sticky warning people?