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[–] clamhurt_legbeard ago 

Are you saying "downvotes are censorship" too?

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[–] SandHog ago 

They can be used as such. To be clear I'm not talking about the community rejecting someone and downvoting them into post/comment restrictions because they are a cunt and noone wants them around. The community should be able to protect itself from cancer. I am referring to how an individual can use a ton of alts in order to effectively silence someone for whatever reason.

Both instances are a form of censorship although the former is necessary to keep Voat from turning into reddit. It's the latter that I take issue with. So it's kind of a double-edged sword. And it has been abused in the past.

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[–] clamhurt_legbeard ago 

Vote manipulation gets you banned.

As for what you're talking about, that's different from what Joe is crying about. He's calling for the elimination of all votes. He's trying to remove one of our tools to express our opinion on somebody's post. THAT is censorship.