[–] 8535272? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
I just got banned yesterday from v/shitcago or whatever its called and then today 'sane' deletes one of my posts from like a month ago "cuz I can" but other than a couple idiots it is nice. Of course this is how the whole internet should be so lucky is a relative term.
[–] DietCokehead1 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
/v/Chicago got hijacked by nigger-loving butthurt cucks. Use /v/Chicagoat for all of you chi-town needs
[–] Mr_YUP 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Maybe I don't dig deep enough anymore but it seems more and more than most comments are shallow, unintellectual dumb responses that get many upvoats. It's hard to find the discussion I found when I first migrated. Are there still good subverses for discussion?
[–] daskapitalist [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
They're harder to find since the Americans elected Trump. Regardless of what people think of him, his election led to a substantial upsurge in alt-right Voaters screaming about immigrants and "niggers" all over Voat, which has hampered the higher quality discussions we had back around when Ellen Pao was ousted.
Though this had also led to a dramatic upswing in sheer content across the site, so it's a tradeoff.
[–] Tzitzimitl ago
the niggers and immigration content was here in great numbers long before the election. in fact the recent increase in activity greatly favored the general purpose content instead
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[–] MyDrunkAccount 3 points 7 points 10 points (+10|-3) ago
Because it's the natural progression of any kind of organization to either grow or stagnate. Voat is very much a hive-mind, but most people don't see it because they fit in. You still get downvoated to hell and ridiculed for not thinking along the hive-mind narrative; it's not exactly censorship, but sane people don't willingly invite abuse onto themselves for long, so after a while they leave and the hive-mind gets stronger, develops less dissenting ideas, and develops a dogma of sorts. Once that happens, it's not a free-speech platform anymore...it's just another mediocre blogging site.
[–] jerry 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago (edited ago)
It is,but that problem can easily be solved if people stop talking about 'critical thinking' and actually start doing it. Circlejerk threads having piss contests of who can agree harder is NOT critical thinking! Play the devils advocate once in a while and you will see how bad the hivemind is, even here. Examine your own standpoint. what people oughta do is try and change their own opinion. Examine their own opinion and see if they really are wrong or not. If you cant honestly examine your own opinions and biases, you are not a critical thinker.
[–] MillionthThrowaway 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Fuck the haters.
I love sanegoat and always will. He adds character to the site.
[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
As soon as I read the OP I wondered how long it would be before SaneGoat makes a post in this thread. It seems especially relevant to his message.
[–] HashTagFU 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Fuck you :-)