[–] imrdy_win_ur 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I agree completely. I am curious to see how this site plays out. I also spent almost all of my time on reddit lurking. I didn't seem to care what was said on most sub's. But I didn't like the way certain sub's like news, world news or conspiracy were being controlled, censored and influenced by the moderators. We will see. They can say what they want. Without control of the moderator it may stop the censorship. Hopefully without the corporate control at the top we will have what redddit was a few years ago.
[–] poppysquash [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah, the worst bit of it is that we could be censored and not really know about it until after the fact. If you look at undelete, conspiracy and friends, people have only figured out censorship and deletions after a bit of investigating. Imagine what we're missing or what's being squashed before we can find it.
We need automatic logs of moderator actions. Heck, i'd say it's not too far for any moderators actions to be visible, as it relates to or occurs on the subverse.
I would say anyone tagged as a mod has to create a mod account. No user mods.
Mod accounts are 100% transparent. Click a mod, you can see every post, action, PM, etc. No ability to vote, either.
If a user is a mod, that mod is linked to the account clearly. (user account contents retain normal user privacy). One Mod account per user account.
[–] Seraphim ago
It's just a coincidence, but I was actually rambling to my girlfriend and her mother about reddit and the stupid engagements that I get involved in. They mentioned that it has seemed to take me away from a lot of my hobbies and things that I've wanted to do... I hadn't really realized that. And although it seems I've simply replaced reddit with voat, the conversations I've had here are more sparse (less users and content) and more stimulating. It's not as much of a sinkhole (for both my time and my brain) as reddit was.
[–] poppysquash [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Absolutely, i realised if I added a large part of my reddit time, like 80% it was me just reading threads I didn't care or arguing with people. I could have invested that into something useful and have been a lot of a better person than I was. It also gave me an excuse to be lazy and think to myself "eh, everyone on reddit is like this, so I don't need to change". I'm slowly undoing everything