Subverse rules are a feature Voat is implementing to remove subjectivism from moderator actions such as comment and submission deletions as well as user bans. Currently a moderator simply has to provide a “reason” why they are performing such actions, and seeing that often times this reason is made up on the spot, we are not happy with this. Going forward when a moderator performs such actions they will be required to select a rule violation. This requirement will help to establish the validity of the action.
Rules can be created at a subverse level by a moderator and Voat has some basic global rules, both of which are available as a selection on these moderator action screens as well as all report dialogs (comment/submission reports).
Rules will also be used in all domain and user bans going forward.
This feature is now in beta on the preview site and any testing would be greatly appreciated.
What needs testing:
- Subverse Rule creation
- Reporting comment and submissions in a subverse (making sure they show up in the v/sub/about/reports page)
- Moderator user banning and unbanning (all this code has been changed)
- Moderator comment and submission deletions
Test site: https://preview.voat.co/
P.S. The Vote feature is nearly fully implemented on the preview site, meaning you can create them, vote on them, and then manually process them for full lifecycle testing. :)
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totes_magotes ago
Which will do a fat lot of good if we still have to rely on an admin who is, as we are constantly told, to busy doing Dev work to actually admin. Don't think that the things you do aren't appreciated but it's the things you're not doing which is causing the current problems.
PuttItOut ago
Everything I am working on is to help resolve this.
You will soon see why we are working to have the community manage itself rather than rely on a centralized operator.
totes_magotes ago
I understand. I get it, I do. "But in the meantime" is a serious issue right now. Whenever there's an issue, we get told you're too busy. Which I get but, yeah, I'm (more than) a little sour about it because there are people who need supervision.
PuttItOut ago
I know! This place is full of kids.
adhdferret ago
Boss..... Can I make a suggestion?
Ok we get that overall you are right, and being that you are right and the CEO.....maybe insulting the userbase without being specific to a person that you see like this ain't the best idea?
We all know Reddit is in it's last bit of life. That shit will go supernova any moment now. When it does people are going to want something familiar to them. Voat is that. Currently many migrations we have had a fucking lot of people are shuned away because they don't get how this place works.
Well you know how we are, but that doesn't mean you have to be like that. Do you want this place to be bigger? I know I do because faulty as it is we still don't have to worry about you going and banning people like admin on Reddit does.
We don't have you editing posts and saying moment of bad judgement. These are fundamental that Reddit has forgotten as they feel they are too big to fail.
Well they are not and at some point people will get sick of the AstroTurf in their lawn and want some unkept grass full of dog shit and mushy fruit to hit with a lawnmower.
Don't let this place Jade your view of the world, and don't let mother fuckers like the sanegoatiswear persona taint you either.
PuttItOut ago
Well 'kids' was a goat reference not an insult.
adhdferret ago
Lol no one can ever call you stupid can they?
If anything you avoid questions better than admin at Reddit. Come on boss. I am behind you either way as I have always been, but quite a lot of this bullshit needs addressed.
Now you can keep sweeping it under the rug and ignoring it with the promise of this or that feature behind the next bend, eventually people will just give up. They will give up because if anything the older guard of voat knows how to pick and choose our battles. We also know when to find something more constructive to do with our time outside a slap fight.
Look if your goal is to make a zone of confinement to house all the rejects of Reddit so be it. That is what this place will be. Currently that is where it is headed. Good discussion is being twarted even with this post. Look at fucks like grifter. We both know that is sanegoatiswear.
You know why people rallied behind atko?
It was because people could associate a face with him. Same can't be said about you, and at times I don't blame you for not interacting with this place on a personal level.
But boss that is what this place needs. It doesn't need a person to just take out the trash and ignore questions. It needs a person to interact with community and address problems so they know they have something to stand behind.
Hope you see this and think about it.
PuttItOut ago
Everyone wants something different from me. You want me to participate as a regular user (and have people tell me they want me to die and my children to be stillborn?). Some want less hands on, some want more. Grifter wants me to spend weeks analyzing data and banning manipulators. Others want scalability problems addressed. Others want merchandise. Others want me be atko. Other want me to stay who I am.
What isn't good enough for everyone is providing a site that is as hands off as possible. What isn't good enough is me spending my life constantly improving this site so people can tell me it isn't enough. What isn't good enough is everything and anything it seems.
My only commitment is trying to keep Voat alive when EVERYTHING is against us, our movement, and our community.
Voat is still up and I tell you this with 100% brutal honesty:
So, please tell me my shortcomings, It feels good to hear only the negatives.
Rosti ago
You've done an awesome job just as you are. Don't forget most of us are grateful. The makeup of this site is a lot of haters and they will always hate becaause they are unhappy. Thats their problem you cant do anything about it. But maybe spend a day or so modifying that app where you can give people a personl flair and mark them lost cause and ignore them that way, lol. For your own health just stop responding at all to them.
BaneGhostiSwear ago
wow what a cock-sucking brown-nosing faggot.
oh wait. 2.2 year account with nearly 1 week of activity! wow!
Rosti ago
Yes the internet to me is casual not a life to live. Haters gonna hate, like I said. Hope you get better soon, sincerely.