User Moderation Policy Explained
As a community we need to commit to self-moderate. Trolls and shitposters often take advantage of the free speech environment afforded by minimal moderation to brigade us with troll attempts and shitposts. Harassing with shitpost brigades was (and is) one of the techniques employed by SRS on that other site. Our policy is not to delete these posts or ban these users, so we need the rest of the users to use their votes. Trolls will get tired if the only response they receive in here is downvotes. So sort by "New" and downvote all the troll and shitpost threads, then sort by "Hot" to browse the sub. Important threads will always be stickied
Adspam, Copypasta (duplicate posts and/or duplicate comments within the same thread), Dox, and Porn (exposed breasts/genitalia/anus/explicit sex acts) will be removed by the mod team. We will also remove posts that hijack web browsers in any way.
What is a "Concern Troll?"
Standard Answer for Concern Trolls
This sub is for documenting the attempts to drag Voat down into the mud by various censorship, advertising or shilling groups. One of our main goals is preventing the spread of PC-Driven Censorship to Voat. We watched self-righteous elitist powermods destroy the free speech environment that once existed on reddit. We will not allow that to happen to Voat.
The primary way to defend our free speech platform is to confront censorship when we see it.
If you feel you have been the victim of censorship, try PMing the mod to see if it was a misunderstanding of some kind. If this does not work, make a thread in here. Provide a link to the thread or relevant modlog. Ping the offending mod in a comment stating the issue. We will do everything we can to resolve the issue.
Use archive.is to screen-cap threads.
Resources and Important Links:
Voat Sitewide Ban List
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Watch List
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v/GreatAwakening Ban List
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[–] Cynabuns 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
If you see another user getting doxxed, hit the
reportbutton under the post and a Mod or Janitor of that sub can review.If YOU have been doxxed, send an email to
dox@voat.co, make an archive of the post/comment and provide this, with the live permalink, in your email. I might also suggest a ping and/or PM to me so I can add this issue to my daily action list for PuttitOut.Keep in mind that the threat of a dox is not a dox. Also, I'm not seeing anything with those links.
Links (aka domains, aka hostsites) That Redirect to Other Sites are my biggest battle for spam on the site right now and I hatey hate these with a passion. Please please push the
reportbutton, no matter if the sub does or doesn't have a Janitor or Mod - I monitor all the spam reports that come in and I will get this site. And a big thanks for everyone's help with the spam, these reports are awesome thank you![–] Germ22 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
So what to do when someone threatens to doxx a bunch of users? I came across one of those faggots, wanted to report, but he didn't actually do anything yet so i ignored it. should i have reported them anyway?
[–] Cynabuns 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I'm seeing lots of users hit the 'report' button and select the "Dox" option - the more watchful eyes the better is never a bad thing. Reporting beyond that, as in sending an email or making a post, probably no. If you think something is enough of an issue, shoot me a PM and I can have a look. The thing to remember with these is that everyone on Voat has the right to say things that show themselves to be idiots.
[–] DammitMoonMoon [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Will do! Thanks for responding and helping keep the site spam free!
[–] Cynabuns 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I love helping the site with the spam - thanks for your nod!
And welcome back to the site: freedom smells awesome ;)
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[–] Cynabuns 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Thanks for the ping
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[–] DammitMoonMoon [S] ago
There used to be a really good one that Atko posted way back during the whole She phase. I think he had it stickied as an announcement for a long time. I'm not sure if it's still around or even how to find it at this point.