When I started using reddit about 7 years ago, it was a bastion of intelligent, sometimes irreverent community discussion. But with things like this, and the recent talk of "segregating" communities which reddit "wishes didn't exist", its become a very different place. The mass logging of users by a certain segment of those users is extremely troubling. It actually makes me watch my words, and where I comment. The path they're going is having a chilling effect on speech right now.
Its an awful shame, and what's crazier is that in their zeal to make a safe place, they're enabling shaming and bullying on a massive level. I don't even think the SJWs behind this even comprehend what they're doing.
Reddit will fall. And where the people go, the SJWs will go also to yell at them. How will Voat handle them when they eventually come?
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[–] AnEntFromVTrees 0 points 40 points 40 points (+40|-0) ago
We cant. One day we are going to turn on voat as quickly as we did reddit, if not quicker. It is the natural order of things
[–] Dyavin 0 points 17 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago
This. This environment is only sustainable until it gets so big that the dollar signs floating over it cause it's inevitable ruin. With the way things are going, some sort of global and local regulation of the internet will eventually kill our ability to even have things like Voat in small settings. The internet already isn't free anymore, and it's only going to get worse. People will keep fighting, but money always wins.
[–] downvotesattractor 0 points 16 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago
/b/ actually survived for a long time without SJWs. It's a pretty cool strategy: SJWs are sensitive people. Make VOAT such that sensitive people find it repulsive.
In other words, flood the front page with porn.
[–] go1dfish 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
There ain't no such thing as free speech, let us instead focus on making it cheaper.
http://go1dfish.me/blog/crypto-anarchy-social-aggregator-bitcoin-world-wide-ledger
[–] Rummel 1 point 10 points 11 points (+11|-1) ago
Voat should write a digital constitution visible on the front page, that way, when shit goes south, we can all point at the digital constitution and tap our feet.
[–] AnEntFromVTrees 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
Who writes it? how is it going yo be amended? There is no way we are going to be able to vote on this.
[–] go1dfish 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
https://www.reddit.com/rules
[–] Broc_Lia ago
There is one crucial difference though: The admins aren't helping the SJWs. Replace the reddit admins with shirtlords and 99% of our problems would be solved.
[–] dcenigma ago
I don't know about the "quicker" aspect of it.
From what I've seen, the community here seems to have a strong sense of pride in it's free speech, and how not like Reddit it is. I've never seen a community band together around not being something else quite like this.