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[–] Danbear [S] 2 points 1 point (+3|-2) ago 

Honestly did you read all of those? Did you read ANY of those?

If you don't even read them then why should anyone else?

IMO the only thing worse than comments commenting without reading the article is an OP who is posting without even reading the article.

Yes, there is more aggregators than Reddit but just because a news story is heavily aggregated doesn't mean it belongs here, much less that it should be posted without even reading it. That makes things just one GIANT echo chamber.

Post away, but next time take the time to read the articles and leave a comment or two about the news story, what you personally think, why we should care enough to read it too, what greater implications that story might have on the world. Offer more than just a link, please offer more than just a dumped bucket of links, please for the love of god read the stuff before you dump the bucket.

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[–] BrutalJones 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Honestly did you read all of those? Did you read ANY of those?

If you don't even read them then why should anyone else?

IMO the only thing worse than comments commenting without reading the article is an OP who is posting without even reading the article.

I don't see that any of this is relevant. The point of Voat is to upvote good content and downvote bad content. If he posts something of poor quality, you guarantee somebody will call it out in the comments and it will be downvoted. And even that is valuable -- If something is disagreeable or of poor quality, there is valuable discussion to be had in conversing on why that is.

Yes, there is more aggregators than Reddit but just because a news story is heavily aggregated doesn't mean it belongs here, much less that it should be posted without even reading it. That makes things just one GIANT echo chamber.

I don't quite following you here... How does posting links found on Reddit make Voat an "echo chamber"?

Post away, but next time take the time to read the articles and leave a comment or two about the news story, what you personally think, why we should care enough to read it too, what greater implications that story might have on the world. Offer more than just a link, please offer more than just a dumped bucket of links, please for the love of god read the stuff before you dump the bucket.

Why is this important? I don't come to Voat to read an OP's comments on a link, I come here to browse the links. And he has provided a ton of content for me to browse.

Honest question: Why does his posting activity bother you enough to start a dedicated discussion? Voat is a small community that benefits from content, and he is providing. He's not spamming as none of this benefits him personally or financially. He's posting legitimate links to things that warrant discussion. I honestly don't agree that this is adversely affecting the site in any way, which makes me question why it seems to bother you so much.

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[–] Danbear [S] 2 points 1 point (+3|-2) ago 

So basically you don't want Voat, you want an RSS feeder.