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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White_pride_cis ago
Their mods were a bunch of faggots who fucked them over from the second they stepped foot in here. I bet a lot of them are well intentioned people, but Reddit authoritarian mods will continue to do just that. The ones that have stayed behind are actually pretty cool. Prost!
voatbakescookies ago
putt was just trying to explain in layman's terms why their collective assholes felt a burning stretched-out sensation and why the other goats were busy filming it and selling it on pornhub.
OsoCovfefe ago
Some of the folks who wandered in here at the behest of Q or others thinking to follow Q simply had no previous experience with very free free speech, some might have considered it all a bit much. That's not a judgement, just saying ,many did live in isolation bubbles from the perspective they chose not to be subjected to what they see as vulgar or in some cases obscene.
Very few of us had the skills of an anon or even adroit forum veterans, and being honest/polite sorts we/they default setting to expecting others to be so, if everyone shares the same Honest government desires here.
Mods who exercise their powers are almost always a-wholes.
A good number of migrants did wander into the chan board and seem shocked by this place...but partly that's because they did not really expect reddit to toss them and partly they were part of a Q proof in real time. Add in the fact of being lost and hitting that Free Free speech right in the kisser...well some of us honestly had no idea. Not all, not a majority...but some yeah.
TitanThinkTank ago
LOL, what a looser, this is not a freedom website , this is a website that help SJWs down vote good people into oblivion. you PSYHO !
OsoCovfefe ago
I have no idea why people worship the upvote/downvote, reddit does, this place does. Yeah this place is not 'freedom' in the sense one must kiss some native azz, let them hear what they want to hear then they lift restrictions... Still it let's one speak freely, even goof speech as what I think you hurled at me. SJWs are bothering you? MY goodness, the horrors!!
TitanThinkTank ago
instead i refuse to cooperate and do whatever i want as much as i can; and i also use multiple socials, So middle finger to Voat.
OsoCovfefe ago
Not sure what you said to me but as I considered necessary years ago when I enlisted...I Served for your ability to say whatever it was. Have an upvote, looks like you rode up on shoals.
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