TL:DR - Voat has moderator logs for every subverse, many months ago I placed links to these on the sidebars of all the subverses I moderate because I support moderation transparency (Edit: I've removed my own links as Voat now includes these links on the sidebars of all subverses). I will remove all types of spam content but I will not remove peoples views or opinions. If you see something I've removed you don't agree with then let me know, feedback is welcome. I'm here to clean up, I'm not here set a narrative.
I really hate this kind of pointless meta drama but I feel like I have to respond to the following with facts.
False information on twitter - https://twitter.com/AvatarX/status/698287811770740739
False information on reddit - https://np.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/45hn06/i_was_pushed_out_of_moderating_vbitcoin_guy_who/
False information on voat - https://voat.co/v/bitcoin/comments/798308/3949840/4259448#4259448
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BashCo (Moderator of /r/Bitcoin) was removed for being inactive (Done within the rules of Voat) - https://voat.co/v/subverserequest/comments/597334 - Never mind that BashCo along with other reddit /r/Bitcoin moderators have been responsible for massive amounts of censorship, lies and FUD. None of them can be trusted to moderate impartially on Voat. Reddit moderators have already tried to destroy other subverses, I won't let that happen to /v/bitcoin.
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AvatarX was removed for abusing moderator tools making it impossible for me to trust them moving forward, details below.
AvatarX removed two of my comments without warning.
Your comment has been deleted by a moderator
Your comment has been deleted by: AvatarX on: 2/6/2016 5:29:47 AM
Your comment has been deleted by a moderator
Your comment has been deleted by: AvatarX on: 2/6/2016 5:30:00 AM
You can see them in the mod log - https://voat.co/v/bitcoin/modlog/deletedcomments
Days later I discovered AvatarX had been continually abusing the moderator distinguish button to make his own personal posts (Comments and submissions) more visible. Only posts which involve moderation should be distinguished.
When I asked AvatarX to stop abusing the moderator distinguish button they essentially said no - https://voat.co/v/bitcoin/comments/853814/4247297/4248092#4248092
AvatarX has always been free to contribute to Voat about any topic but has barely done anything with only 4 links, 4 discussions and 46 comments compared to my currently 2149 links, 30 discussions and 698 comments (348 submissions to bitcoin).
AvatarX has continually claimed to have "brought over a few hundreds new users" and "it only started getting active again because of me bringing people over." but I've seen little to no evidence of this.
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[–] Fred-Stiller-OnAWire [S] 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
Abuse of moderator tools will never be tolerated by the Voat user base, the sooner action is taken the better. A lot of people have been burnt by reddit, the last thing Voat users want is a repeat of that and inaction is just as "cowardly" or "weak".
Keep it civil. It's not a personal choice, moderators should only distinguish posts which are related to moderation. Moderators should have no style of flair, the position is that of a janitor which is to clean things up. The role of a moderator is not to boost your own ego by making yourself stand out 9 times and refusing to stop doing it in the future.
I removed you for abuse of the moderator tools as I said above with the links provided in the OP which started days before "posting support for Bitcoin Core". I didn't remove you for support of Bitcoin Core, people are free to post about any Bitcoin topic in /v/bitcoin as long as it's not spam etc. Content about Bitcoin Core wont be removed, the same goes for all Bitcoin implementations.
I support Bitcoin. Multiple implementations doing different things is healthy for decentralisation of development. I'm interested in Bitcoin Classic the same way I am of Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin XT etc. Information wants to be free, I've posted links about Bitcoin Classic etc to keep people informed. Bitcoin is free software and people are free to do what they want. I'm not interested in seeing /v/bitcoin become an echo chamber, I want the content to be diverse and impartial.
It doesn't matter that it's your submission, that's no reason to remove other peoples comments like that. It breaks trust moving forward.
Again, keep it civil. I'm not throwing hissy fits, I'm trying to ensure /v/bitcoin remains free of moderator abuse and stays impartial on Bitcoin related topics.
/v/bitcoin exists to serve the users of Voat, it's up to them if they use it or not and that's beyond anyones control.