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[–] Myrv 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago  (edited ago)

The IP gate still exists which is just stupid. It's the number one reason I haven't recommended voat to any of my friends. All of them are behind some form a NAT (home/company) and wouldn't be able to all join. Hell, even at my workplace I'm the only one who can use it. There are 1000 of us behind a firewall. I'm the only one who can use voat.

If they don't want to drop the IP gate completely they could at least change it to just throttle sign-ups. Say to 1 sign-up per IP per day which would vastly improve things.

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[–] VanGoghingSomewhere ago  (edited ago)

so what were to happen if i was new to vote and tried to sign up today

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[–] Myrv ago 

if you're connecting from a "virgin" IP that nobody else has ever used to make a voat account it should work.

The only problem is if you share an IP, say with multiple people in the same house or with people at work. Then you may be blocked if one of those other people have already created a voat account from that same IP.