I never would have found this awesome community if it wasn't for the shill who posted this attack.
TheUnexplained, like almost every other Voat community, has clearly defined rules.
Rules are necessary to keep the content valid, which is why /v/aww removes religious debate posts and why /v/debatereligion removes puppy picture posts.
Actually, aww does NOT remove off-topic posts. For the last month the sub has been dealing with trolls posting gore and I still haven't removed a single one of their posts. It's a system subverse and those should remain as censorship free as possible. Only things that break site-wide rules get removed.
However there is a good argument that a non-default subverse should curate content to keep everything on-topic. Keeping with the spirit of voat, any rules to that effect need to be minimalist and very clearly defined. In my opinion, this place shouldn't have or need any rules about "hate" and entirely subjective language. Having an exemption for the moderators is laughable, too.
I wrote that, I'm quite familiar with everything going on there. Note that it does not say that anything will get removed for breaking the rule - only content that violates voat's site-wide rules will get removed, which has always been the case. That post simply establishes a rule under which bans may be given for violating a universal forum standard, after issuing multiple warnings. Check the mod log for removed posts and comments, you won't see anything related to the new rule there.
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ObamasPinkSock ago
I never would have found this awesome community if it wasn't for the shill who posted this attack.
TheUnexplained, like almost every other Voat community, has clearly defined rules.
Rules are necessary to keep the content valid, which is why /v/aww removes religious debate posts and why /v/debatereligion removes puppy picture posts.
Keep up the FANTASTIC work diesel4420!
absurdlyobfuscated ago
Actually, aww does NOT remove off-topic posts. For the last month the sub has been dealing with trolls posting gore and I still haven't removed a single one of their posts. It's a system subverse and those should remain as censorship free as possible. Only things that break site-wide rules get removed.
However there is a good argument that a non-default subverse should curate content to keep everything on-topic. Keeping with the spirit of voat, any rules to that effect need to be minimalist and very clearly defined. In my opinion, this place shouldn't have or need any rules about "hate" and entirely subjective language. Having an exemption for the moderators is laughable, too.
ObamasPinkSock ago
Wrong!
Eight hours ago /v/aww implemented new rules.
Here, you can read all about them yourself: https://voat.co/v/aww/2898644
absurdlyobfuscated ago
I wrote that, I'm quite familiar with everything going on there. Note that it does not say that anything will get removed for breaking the rule - only content that violates voat's site-wide rules will get removed, which has always been the case. That post simply establishes a rule under which bans may be given for violating a universal forum standard, after issuing multiple warnings. Check the mod log for removed posts and comments, you won't see anything related to the new rule there.
ObamasPinkSock ago
The post and comment mod logs are full of spam - a tribute to TheUnexplained mods.