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
v/GreatAwakening Deleted Comments
v/GreatAwakening Ban List
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[–] Crensch 3 points 10 points 13 points (+13|-3) ago (edited ago)
I'm really getting sick of seeing this sentiment all over the place.
What makes flairing troll posts hypocritical? There is no censorship going on - the posts are still there, but the obvious trolls and shitposters get a cute little label that allows people that want serious discussion to avoid having to wade through crap posted by people that aren't actually interested in protecting voat from abusive mods.
Mods are janitors, and it seems that the reddit-esque idea that mods = gods is permeating some of the default/massive subverses. This is not acceptable.
Edit:
I, for one, would love for someone actually interested in protecting voat from abusive mods to filter the crap posts by regular shitposters so I didn't have to see 12 useless posts to find one with actual reality-based content. I'm perfectly fine with kevdude, or any of the other mods doing this.
EDIT2:
[Nothing to see here, folks. Just another PV hating, troll, inactive-for-18-days alt account.
[–] [deleted] 2 points 4 points 6 points (+6|-2) ago
[–] HomerSimpson 3 points 0 points 3 points (+3|-3) ago
Except for the fact my post wasn't a troll?
People are less likely to click on something if it is marked as a troll or shitpost or fake. So yes it is censorship just a different kind of censorship.
[–] Crensch 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Your presence here has been nothing but trollish behaviour from beginning to end. At the very least, every post you make should be flaired with something indicating that you're very possibly shitposting or trolling, as that's all you seem capable of.
It's delicious irony when someone like you finally wants to be taken seriously after being a complete fuckwit at every turn.
[–] citruspeppercorn 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago (edited ago)
Removing spam/advertising and illegal content. The best mods are the ones you don't even know are there and are more janitor than ego driven leader.
[–] Dashippy 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
The job of the moderator is to remove illegal content and spam. The problem arises with the very loose definition of spam. To me spam, at least in terms of Voat, is something that is pointless and is posted multiple times so it's obviously someone being a dick about things. They're also there to curate content by removing pointless content and encouraging discussion.
[–] PiercingAjarDolphin 2 points 4 points 6 points (+6|-2) ago (edited ago)
[–] smokratez 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Remove and ban idiots who spam cat pictures.