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A Catalog of Voat Subverses (no longer maintained but still helpful)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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[–] ThrowAway3 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Burn baby burn
[–] IJustLurk [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Get some gasoline!
[–] ThrowAway3 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
And some matches!
[–] AmyAcker 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Hi! Welcome to Voat!
[–] IJustLurk [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Thank you!
[–] Howtokillagod 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
You should just post a bunch of empty comments with that username
[–] IJustLurk [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
That.. is a great idea.
[–] BRockShooter 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Welcome to Voat! Enjoy your stay. Also here's an appropriate song to listen to while you're watching it burn down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDiM4mhge_Q&app=desktop
[–] IJustLurk [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Haha, thanks! That's a very fitting song, too.
[–] Iamsatan 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Hello! What news do you bring from the other side? (No really, I exiled my self long ago.)
[–] IJustLurk [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
It's all going down tomorrow, most likely. They're slated to start deleting "reprehensible" subreddits.
[–] hiraeth 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Ah yes, such a good word. Invokes a visceral response, and doesn't actually require any sort of qualifiers as to what "reprehensible" really means. I think well done steaks are reprehensible - doesn't mean I ban people from eating them.
Good luck with your lurking :)
[–] napolean 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
ANyone plan on trying to incite chaos at 1pm west coast time? I do
[–] IJustLurk [S] ago
What are you thinking of pulling?
[–] napolean 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well it's going to be a staged pro-censorship rally with all comments that the board agree with getting upvotes and every dissenting opinion getting deleted/banned. Just trying to cause as much chaos and anit-censorship opinion as i can. I'm only 1 person and admins are admins so... I don't have a botnet or anything
[–] [deleted] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
[–] IJustLurk [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Pour some gasoline on it! And thanks!
[–] malleeman 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Welcome Lurk,
Hopefully Voat is the beginning of something exciting and we're at the start of it.
Check out point system they have here, I've never understood why sites have upvotes and downvotes in the first place, but there you go, we have them here too and in the mean time have an upvoat
https://voat.co/v/VoatUserGroup/comments/214948
[–] IJustLurk [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wow, this is an interesting system. I like the idea of restricting the downvoting.