Hello and welcome to Voat!
Don't be a shy! Start making comments in here to earn your needed minimum 10CCP and then start a post to introduce yourself to other Voaters!
Please explore Voat to find subverses that interest you. If you don't find what you are looking for, perhaps you should create it! In addition, if you find a subverse that seems abandoned, you can request to adopt it. If you do create a new sub or adopt one, you can announce it. Once you have a subverse, you may want to add a custom theme for it.
You can disable custom CSS in your account management options to just see the default interface if you choose. Voat also has a Night Mode as yet another option and many users seem to prefer it! In here as well you will be able to add your email for password recovery (Voat will never use or sell this information).
Your Voat experience can be whatever you want to make it, so make the most of it!
Sub Rule: This sub is for making your introduction post as a new user and for welcoming new users in the comments; posts asking for or offering free upvotes is bad form, Off-Topic to the sub, and subject to deletion
Sub Guideline: Wheaton's Law; if someone is rude, ignore or let them know with your vote, mods don't police "politeness"
Contribution Points
You have two kinds of contribution points: Submission Contribution Points (SCP) and Comment Contribution Points (CCP).
- CCP is what allows you to vote on posts/comments and everyone starts with 10 free upvotes per day; the more CCP you get, the more you can vote.
- SCP doesn't do much for now but there are plans for down the road, and you get one free upvote with every post.
Votes are associated with your IP address: you cannot vote on the same post/comment using alternate accounts; only the first vote will be counted.
Resources
FEATURED: A Guide for New Users
User Agreement, Privacy Policy, FAQs, and About
A Catalog of Voat Subverses (no longer maintained but still helpful)
The Founder: Atko's Did You Know? (old post with good memories)
/v/AVE Amateur Voat Enhancements (works but not maintained right now)
~PRO TIP 1: A great way to quickly gain CCP is to hang out here and greet other newcomers when they post. You are also helping them, so everyone wins!
~PRO TIP 2: You don't have to keep that password you created during the registration process--click the cog wheel by your name and change it!
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[–] SurvivorType 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oh yes. At some point your total available voats for the day equal your current CCP score divided by 2. It was never really explained at what point, but I presume the moment it exceeds 100. ;)
For example, I have a CCP score of 4992. So my total voats for any single day are 2496. Upvoats or downvoats, doesn't matter. At least once you reach 100 cumulative CCP. That's when downvoats are enabled.
It's almost like a video game.
[–] Pee_Earl_Grey_Hot [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
That's actually really awesome. It prevents the angry troll sitting at home who makes an account just to downvote people. Great explanation.
Sorry to keep up with the questions, but is there a thread on Voat that explains things like this? I'm interested in if the votes are fuzzed like reddit, how they deal with spam, and basically what their rules are on just about everything. Reddit I know inside and out. Voat is a new frontier for me.
[–] SurvivorType 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
We are working on a sub, /v/voatusergroup - we are going to try and have it be a catch all one-stop place for vaoters to get information on how things work. It's still a WIP though. AFAIK there is no voat fuzzing at all. As for spam, there have been blocks on domains and throttles put on users' posting abilities that go too far into the negative on points. In fact, Voat itself is a work in progress. Remember, this is the Alpha version. Beta is coming soon though. We just got swamped with users before we ever expected it.
Fucking reddit ;)