I notice that many of you have commented (because you can barely do anything else) asking why you don't have CCP (Comment Contribution Points). So I want to explain because I feel bad that this wasn't brought to your attention earlier.
Voat limits all new accounts for reasons of SPAM. To unlock your account you must earn CCP by commenting and having others upvote your contributions. It is orders more difficult for a botnet to unlock accounts with this requirement in place and is why we use this particular method.
For example: You need 10 CCP to make a submission or send a message. You need 100 CCP to unlock downvoat capabilities.
The reason you don't have any CCP is because the moderator(s) set a particular subverse property that prevents the earning of points in v/theawakening.
This subverse property is called: Minimum CCP required to downvote and when it is set to anything but zero three things happen (which are documented in the subverse settings. This information is also displayed in the sidebar so you can see what subverses have set what values):
- It prevents users who don't have at least X CCP in the subverse itself from downvoating content in that subverse.
- It prevents all submissions from showing up in v/all (basically making the subverse private).
- It prevents contribution points from accruing (This is an anti-farming measure).
No one has earned points in v/theawakening since this setting was set to 5.
I hope this helps you understand why.
Edit 5:
This post has been stickied again because people still have questions. This will be the last day of this sticky, I promise.
Edit 4:
Read #3 first. So here is my argument: They aren't super web savvy and reddit/voat layout is not that bad of a tool for what they are doing. They were directed to an image board. You all know that's a big jump coming from Reddit. The natural place is here. It's your call Voat always has been and always will be, but maybe we could learn a bit from them, and them us. Think about it.
Edit 3:
I'm just going to say that the back and forth I've had tonight with subscribers of v/theawakening have been the most pleasurable I've had on Voat. (Maybe I have low standards or you're just good people). I'm voting to keep them. Can we Voat? You owe me this one! ;)
Edit 2:
As @MAGAKAG2020Q mentions below and is important to note: This setting can not be instantly switched. It is on a time delay of 48 hours.
Edit:
More useful information here: https://voat.co/v/Voat/2722975
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Bludgie ago
Ooh!! You I like!! I apologise profusely for vociferously insulting your platform on multiple occasions!
PuttItOut ago
Damn internet. I can't tell if you are insulting me and I'm too dumb to tell or are sincere.
Bludgie ago
I am sincere. I know it's hard to tell from the tone, though. But when I am being insulting there is pretty much no doubt, as I have almost zero impulse control. So there is that! I'm pretty much a well-meaning, live and let live person until I get mad. I am too soft for free speech places but over the last decade I have been insulted pretty much a gazillion times because I never met a fight I didn't like, even when I lose. Overall, I do learn from people, though, who often start out as a nemesis. Respect and understanding have grown out of it, and sometimes people have totally or partially changed my mind about an issue. Iron sharpens iron and all that. So some of those people, from those fora have become frenemies, and of course I made many friends. Sometimes the hate on a forum has been too much, though, like after my daughter died and someone I liked and respected tore me to pieces for starting a relationship with my boyfriend. The sweet spot for me, really, was on Twitter where I didn't care who followed me or didn't, I had direct access to politicians and public figures I wanted to berate or support, and I had somewhere to share things that were important to me. I hate not having a voice, although I fear it as well.
RickFlairWOOOOOO ago
When you learn to learn from anybody, you become lax in impulse control because you still applying the golden rule. After awhile you look at yourself and ask by God am I just the most awful person or what? and then you may take it down a notch or carry on. My voat outburst are a great way to deal with my Shadow. In my daily life I'm a very easy going person. I suspect some well respected preachers are on here reaming people daily.
Bludgie ago
There's certainly a freedom in anonymity, or perceived anonymity, to say what I really think--especially if you're not censored, socially constrained, shadow-banned or deplatformed.
I often conclude that I'm not a very nice person. I am a caring person, though. I care about almost everything. It's damnably stressful.
Most people, if they saw me unfiltered, would probably not like me.
I was a very soft person before Scientology. I had soft eyes. Now my eyes are always hard, like a bird's. I can't take a good picture anymore, even allowing for all the other reasons. Even 25 years after escaping.
Sometimes I think the religious people are the worst. Like Jesus was this really cool person, or the story of him is, but most of the people who claim to follow him don't actually live like he did, speak like he did, or practice what he did. Every so often one of them really pleasantly surprises me.