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.
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[–] The_Dude 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
That's food for thought man. If you hadn't posed the question I'd probably ask for your opinion as I feel like you guys keep this stuff up front. I like the janitor metaphor I've seen used, but I do think the little 100 something member subs that mostly focus on music or pics and usually aren't listed in /all anyway should get a bit more leeway than big membership ones and certainly system ones with news, politics, etc. Does every sub need a giant list of rules and such, or can mods just use their judgment on what contributes to the sub and what doesn't... I dunno... Hehe yeah I did work as a bouncer many years ago, you learn to shrug stuff off and just get on with your night. I remember our owner saying that it was a private club that was open to the public. If someone was starting trouble or just there to fight you bounced them before it got worse and bothered the patrons. Maybe it's like that...I'll have to read some more of your info and think it over. Keep in mind I'm just a janitor over there not any kind of boss. :) As for language...well here's the short version.
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[–] The_Dude 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
So you might have like three kinds of moderation unlimited, moderated and restricted or something like that. Could be set up when the sub is created or changed later I suppose to fit. I kind of like that idea, then you could setup some basic guidelines to apply to those categories, keeping it simple. The more restrictive category could expand it to whatever worked for that sub. Putting that into an existing framework is more difficult since at the end of the day participation is voluntary, but if it was done right I think most people would use such a system? I was going to say it is like a PG/R/X thing, but really it isn't so much about saying 'fuck' or showing some boobage but more about staying on topic or not insulting people or what have you. This is interesting stuff to think about.