Archived Auto reject posts containing that "Downvoting is censorship" copypasta? (ideasforvoat)
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Archived on: 2/12/2017 1:51:00 AM
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Archived Auto reject posts containing that "Downvoting is censorship" copypasta? (ideasforvoat)
submitted ago by ketsuban
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[–] jammi 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Anti-spam isn't censorship, imho.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
[–] Azriel777 ago
Voat just needs a public trashbin that everybody can check and view what and who gets blocked, and have a way to overrule a mod if enough people vote it back in. Balance of power is key, we do not want any slimey shadowbanning because that is one of the biggest censorship tools reddit has. Its purpose started out to block spam and it quickly got abused by mods and admins to flat out block anyone and anything they did not like for personal or shill reasons.
[–] Jansen ago
If it's site-enforced I'd agree. But how about using a spam filter and once the "Downvote" copypasta is detected, a red "!" in a warning triangle pops up next to "Report Spam".
Clicking that will prevent everything setting off the same spam-filter trigger from showing it on YOUR user?
It would demand more effort from the individual user to block spam but it wouldn't be close to censorship.
[–] jammi ago
I think those posts pretty clearly qualifies as spam, just like the GNAA stuff on Slashdot and such.