We are undoing all bans. We apologize for taking the wrong approach here on Voat - this is a transition for us all, unplanned and unprepared for. We've made mistakes. We are under attack here for this reason and others. Voat members are justifiably pissed at us. Shills are taking the opportunity to spread dissension.
Stay strong. Stay together.
From this point forward, 8ch.net/patriotsawoken will be our default home and ultimate fallback from censoring sites and social media. Any other site is playing by someone else's rules and will be raided and overcome. Voat, if we can ride out this transition phase, may be a soft onboarding for 8chan.
Whatever happens, be sure, Patriots: the home of GreatAwakening is now 8ch.net/patriotsawoken.
WWG1WGA
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finessa ago
Well that didn't take long. I guess it's pretty much what Q predicted. Thank you for all your hard work; it's too bad not even a little corner of Voat could be hospitable for those that don't think using pejoratives is free speech.
Rainy-Day-Dream ago
pejoratives are protected by the first amendment, there was literally a court case on this as early as last year. Look up matal v. tam "hate speech" is free speech you communist faggot
finessa ago
I never said that it wasn't covered by the first amendment, I merely see it, as it is gratuitously used at Voat, as a sign of immaturity which adds nothing to the conversation. Have a good day Rainy-Day.
everlastingphelps ago
You just got kicked off your old forum because of people who love to police "hate speech"... and now you are complaining that the new place doesn't police language.
Are you sure you are tall enough to ride the Q ride? There's going to be a lot worse things that you will hear before this is all over, and they will be coming from Q himself.
finessa ago
You're probably right. I just think it is unnecessary to create a hostile atmosphere for no good reason other than to harass newcomers. I'm not a mod; I haven't banned anyone and don't know what has been banned or why. But it sure has given Voat veterans something to do. 8 chan is probably worse when you step out of their conventions; I guess you just expect it over there. Sigh, it seems so unnecessary.
everlastingphelps ago
All mod activity is visible on voat. They can't hide it like on reddit:
https://voat.co/v/theawakening/about/log/comment
https://voat.co/v/theawakening/about/log/submission
https://voat.co/v/theawakening/about/log/banned
That's what free speech looks like. And if you go to some other forums, you will see that almost uniformly, the only thing being removed is spam.
finessa ago
Thank you for helping us learn the ropes. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, all I know is we had a nice thriving community and we were booted out. The mods here are the same as over there where it was working for us, that's why a lot of us just followed their lead. Maybe they didn't understand what was expected of them over here. Figuring out what to do next is tricky. No one wants to cause problems for Voat.
everlastingphelps ago
You are assuming that they were working for you. You have no way of knowing what they were really doing.
Here, the logs are open, and you can watch the watchers.
finessa ago
good point.
Rainy-Day-Dream ago
it's filters out retards who don't actually believe in the first amendment
finessa ago
I think I see how you are using it as a filter, a tool, it's just really distracting to a lot of people who only want to talk about what they came here for with others on the same wave length. Too bad Voat is so hostile to that. To me the important first amendment issues are more to do with "will we be silenced for talking about our political ideas" (as happened at Reddit and is happening on Twitter, FB and YT) not how many dirty words we can get away with. I really do wish you well; we probably don't belong here.
Rainy-Day-Dream ago
meh we'll leave you alone when you stop acting like redditors, v/greatawakening does the whole Q thing and their mostly left alone because they don't act like redditors who need a heavily moderated safespace
finessa ago
It'll take awhile for the Reddit to wear off I imagine. I hope most of us will try. If it helps we are all mighty pissed at Reddit and big tech in general.
Rainy-Day-Dream ago
then you need to stop acting like them, reddit/twitter/facebook/etc. all share in common with your mods that they ban and censor people for saying things they don't like. Mods are just janitors meant to clean up the spam the voting system is in place so the users can dictate what kind of content they want to see on their own