[–] timsandtoms ago
I totally agree with all of that. Where I take issue is, I would consider things like denying promotion requests from unqualified users, banning problem users, and being transparent in your moderation to be basic moderation stuff. How is banning a Reddit power user for posting shit in the subverse any different than removing off-topic content? Why would you let the votes determine one, while using mod powers for the other? They're functionally identical, they're both just bad posts that don't belong on the subverse.
Many subreddits definitely get strangled by poor, overzealous moderation, and that is definitely something I plan to avoid in my subverses, but I just don't see how you can claim that it's better to let the votes control the content, while at the same time advocating for the removal of content from users you don't like.
[–] Dirty_Asshole ago
Removal of reddit power users is out of spite, it's not because I don;t like them. I want them to feel what it's like to be shut out of a community you want to participate in.
[–] timsandtoms ago
Ah. I'd have to disagree with you there. What someone does outside of a subverse should have no affect on their activity within a subverse. Behavior like that is one of the major problems with Reddit, where simply posting in a subreddit that a power user disapproves of gets you banned from hundreds of unrelated subreddits. Behaving like that, and banning someone because of who they are, rather than what they do in the context of the subverse, just brings Voat down to Reddit's level.