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[–] mintbanana 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Well the mid level shit on reddit is smart. The top level shit is dumb. And the bottom level shit it stupid as FUCK.

Meanwhile on voat its all mixed up. Its a different site for sure.

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[–] Rubashov 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I agree with most of what you say, but I have observed in the past that hoping a community remains "small" is not a healthy mindset. If we are achieving our aims of an open and free place of discussion, naturally the community is going to grow. A feeling of the 'old guard' being unwelcoming towards new users quickly spoils the conversation, and is it itself just another way of stifling free discussion, eventually resulting in the dreaded groupthink that has been a key factor in our move here.

What is of vital importance is to uphold all of the principles that make the community great in the first place, and welcome those who share our vision for the future.

Also hi guys, nice to find you all.

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[–] poppysquash [S] ago 

On a fundamental level I agree with you. Nothing is worse than trying to join a community you just found and would really like but being turned away because you werent a member for a long time.

However the basis of reddit and voat having karma means that once a community expands, you have the well documented phenomena of the community moving towards fluff content. In my mind, this is an even worse fate than what you described in your post. hence I'm a fan of keeping the community small or the barrier of entry high, only to filter out trolls. Yes I do realise it will also filter out the speed of lower-effort individuals but in my opinion that's okay as a trade off.

TLDR: removing karma would be a great experiment.

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[–] OldRedditGuy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Hi @poppysquash

I think that if we keep the measures to keep decent voat (Mod's logs, limit upvoats an downvoats)... reddit could have been saved if reddit devs moved their ass and did this stuff like Voat Devs

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[–] poppysquash [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Hence why I think we shouldn't have karma. Don't display it, even personally. We don't technically need visible points anyways.

It'd be different. I know that forums and such were it's time based have too much crap, but theres definitely space for a forum like website which organises by popularity. Most forums never used points and there pretty fine

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[–] yah5 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Things I'm starting to hate with a passion from reddit:

  • Beaten to death jokes/puns by 14 year-olds who think they're the funniest motherfuckers in the universe, in every thread.
  • Extreme racism, stereotyping and discrimination posts getting highly upvoted.
  • Have an opinion, or dare you have factually sourced information that is contradictory to the hive mind? Say hello to negative karma.
  • Self-post promotion posts that only apply to non-famous people/bias by mods/admins.

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[–] poppysquash [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yeah, i don't use facebook or other social media but i hoped that the 14 year olds would go flock there... I was once 14 and it was cool, but I really want to move on to a website where the majority are well out of high school.

Factually correct information battles were the worst. People just went silent or never replied if you brang in facts, and half the arguments were conjecture vs conjecture. Maybe only once or twice have I seen people back up their statements and proceed. Otherwise like you said, you'd be downvoted to invisibility.

Reddit as a use of an advertising platform was annoying. I tried to stay out of it but it was hard to

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[–] toptum ago 

Ya that is one of the reasons I decided to stop. I thought back to when I first started using Reddit a couple years ago. What made it an awesome place was smart content and interesting people. Now I just go there to be entertained in the same manor as watching Jackass. I don't think I can put it any better than junk food for the brain. That's really what it feels like. It's like my brain grew, but with a whole bunch of useless shit.

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[–] FAQ ago 

Welcome and it's nice to meet you!

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[–] poppysquash [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I see you on many websites :P. Nice to meet you to

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[–] CaffeineDrip 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

So true. Stuff like THIS really sets it apart from the low effort crapola on Reddit!

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