Dear Putt,
I'm know I'm probably not your favourite goat, but I don't take it personally. The anon psyop against me ~6 days ago may or may not have been correct in naming me one of the key people to whom you were addressing with the comments in your sticky, but I'll assume at the very least I wasn't absent from the list.
I like you either way, Putt, and honestly cannot thank you enough for providing Voat to us for as long as you have; hell, I wouldn't blame you if you crashed the whole thing right now and moved on with your life. You're a good dude for what you've done already, and it sucks to think that I've (probably) given you headaches and work you didn't deserve.
I know it's going to sound/look like I'm doing this as some form of mockery or with some undertone of derision, and I can't really seem to find a way to avoid appearing that way, despite not actually meaning it; hopefully this disclaimer will help you not take it that way.
I've been wracking my brain for the past week or so, in an attempt to understand exactly what it is you don't want us to do to newcomers. I've come up with a few possibilities, and would like clarification:
1) Don't direct them to the colloquially-known Voat introduction sticky that outlines the general trends and ideas of Voat.
2) Don't be racist in front of them.
3) Don't name the Jew.
4) Don't downvote them for asking for upvotes.
5) Don't speak out against their moderators' deletions and bannings.
6) Don't downvote their crappy/degenerate/etc. submissions.
7) Don't post/comment on their subs/content.
8) Don't link them to redpills, or try to redpill them.
9) Don't be honest with them when they admit something about themselves personally that I find disgusting/degenerate/etc.
I can't think of anything else that I do, or that anyone else does, and I cannot think of anything else that people have actually complained about, either here or the other site, after some group gets repelled. We're "Nazis" and "hateful" and "racist" is what's written over there; "4chan turned up to 11" was one of my personal favourites.
I'm more than happy to have some kind of gentleman's agreement NOT to do whichever of these you think is the problem for some period of time you decide. It's your house, and if you perceive that I'm proverbially shitting on your carpet, I'd rather you pointed me in the direction of the loo.
Thanks again, Putt, for everything you do for this website. I hope it gets easier and more financially viable, if that is, indeed, your goal.
-C
@Puttitout
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lion_rampant ago
You just downvoated my post to Introductions without reading it and left a snarky comment.
Crensch ago
https://voat.co/v/introductions/2416399
It's /v/introductions, not tell us your fucking life's story and expect us to waste our time reading it. You're like the creep that walks up to strangers and starts talking about your life and expects people to want to be around you.
lion_rampant ago
Considering the critique that went into what I posted, I figured it would be a good introduction. Sets my position for the debate to follow.
Crensch ago
I don't really think it sets you up for much of anything.
Also, I edited my comment right after submitting it; apologies for the forum faux-pas, but there was just too much more wrong with your introduction for me to let it go at that.
lion_rampant ago
If you can't see how you are rude to new users and make this place uninviting, then maybe you just have a personality disorder.
Dudicles ago
It's rather interesting that you talk about melting a snowflake in your introduction, and then start whining about someone being "mean."
You then resort to personal insults (which despite being ever so mean, Crensch did not do), which is an enlightening touch on you as a person considering you think Crensch is rude and mean, and you supposedly want this place to be inviting.
freshmeat ago
It's not about being mean, it's about Crensch having an overall negative impact on this website, especially considering new users who introduce themselves are met with one of the most toxic SRS/SBBH users on the website aside from beatle and expert.
@lion_rampant is a perfect example of why @PuttItOut should remove SBBH from positions of influence on the site and crack down on their vote manipulation and brigading/witch-hunts
Dudicles ago
I actually rarely see Crensch. Perhaps a bigger problem is that no one really counteracts him. In @lion_rampant 's intro post, no one else posted anything. I'd argue the more negative impact is that only Crensch posted, so the newcomer doesn't get to see that there are other people and opinions here.
I'm sure you know, but Putt is part of the SBBH crew, which is why all of them are basically admin-lite's. It's not going to change as long as Putt is running things.
freshmeat ago
I agree entirely, but I still think Putt wants growth and he knows that getting rid of them is the only way it's going to work. His hesitation is alarming but I still have a tiny sliver of optimism with him.