I upvoted for the last sentence. That does seem to be true, but I see the case that our current system is a good thing. I remember a while back when one account (forget the name) had the same thing happen where his ccp went to negative 200 overnight. Well the next day, he made dozens of alts and kept spamming every thread with some crybaby bullshit. He was basically saying what you are saying now, just being such a sore ass little bitch. Well because of the current system in place, each of his ults got the same treatment and he wasn't able to spam anymore.
I think that is an important function because tards gonna tard and there's not enough mods to stop them from stinking up the site. Yes, a mood could have EVENTUALLY gotten to this nuisance and solved the problem. But then he would just make an alt and be back at it. What we have is real time correction, and it becomes way more painstaking for someone to keep at their shenanigans than it does to downvoat and move on.
And that's the one thing that separates Voat from the rest of the similar sites, like Reddit. The community can, in real time, take actions into their own hands when the presence of a moderator/admin is not present.
In the digital realm it's a bit different. A lot of that goes back to the problem of computers (hardware, software, back-dooring), bots, large "defense" budgets, and agencies with current mission statements to control the wrong-think on the internet. Doing this all while maintaining the public appearance of desiring free speech and a free society.
I see bots and spammers as a large problem here, a large hindrance to mob rule online, a large amount of funds available to the site owner, and the problem getting nothing but worse.
Does anyone know who Putt is IRL? Is he online somewhere on video saying hello and talking about Voat? I may be overly skeptical but I doubt this is our guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOslVCwghf4 ... I'm familiar with some of the threads that have been posted with pictures random people with the same name, but has Putt ever said "Hi, I'm so-and-so..", streamed a video with community chat, or anything like that?
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fluhthreeex ago
Linking back from https://voat.co/v/whatever/2929178/15713035 ...in reply:
'Limited participation' and the idea of this site being a 'bastion of free speech' seem incompatible
MDEneverdies1488 ago
I upvoted for the last sentence. That does seem to be true, but I see the case that our current system is a good thing. I remember a while back when one account (forget the name) had the same thing happen where his ccp went to negative 200 overnight. Well the next day, he made dozens of alts and kept spamming every thread with some crybaby bullshit. He was basically saying what you are saying now, just being such a sore ass little bitch. Well because of the current system in place, each of his ults got the same treatment and he wasn't able to spam anymore.
I think that is an important function because tards gonna tard and there's not enough mods to stop them from stinking up the site. Yes, a mood could have EVENTUALLY gotten to this nuisance and solved the problem. But then he would just make an alt and be back at it. What we have is real time correction, and it becomes way more painstaking for someone to keep at their shenanigans than it does to downvoat and move on.
lets_get_hyyerr ago
And that's the one thing that separates Voat from the rest of the similar sites, like Reddit. The community can, in real time, take actions into their own hands when the presence of a moderator/admin is not present.
fluhthreeex ago
replying in-line because the conversations are relevant:
@kevdude - https://voat.co/v/whatever/2929178/15714381
In the digital realm it's a bit different. A lot of that goes back to the problem of computers (hardware, software, back-dooring), bots, large "defense" budgets, and agencies with current mission statements to control the wrong-think on the internet. Doing this all while maintaining the public appearance of desiring free speech and a free society.
I see bots and spammers as a large problem here, a large hindrance to mob rule online, a large amount of funds available to the site owner, and the problem getting nothing but worse.
Does anyone know who Putt is IRL? Is he online somewhere on video saying hello and talking about Voat? I may be overly skeptical but I doubt this is our guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOslVCwghf4 ... I'm familiar with some of the threads that have been posted with pictures random people with the same name, but has Putt ever said "Hi, I'm so-and-so..", streamed a video with community chat, or anything like that?