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A Catalog of Voat Subverses (no longer maintained but still helpful)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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[–] 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.
[–] 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.
[–] SandHog 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It used to anyway. I'm not so sure that that is the case these days.
Ah, I gotcha. Obviously I don't support his position on that at all. I do find it pretty hilarious that he is either voluntarily spending so much time in a place he hates or is compelled to do so for whatever reason. I can't decide which option is funnier.