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A Catalog of Voat Subverses (no longer maintained but still helpful)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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[–] imrdy_win_ur 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I agree completely. I am curious to see how this site plays out. I also spent almost all of my time on reddit lurking. I didn't seem to care what was said on most sub's. But I didn't like the way certain sub's like news, world news or conspiracy were being controlled, censored and influenced by the moderators. We will see. They can say what they want. Without control of the moderator it may stop the censorship. Hopefully without the corporate control at the top we will have what redddit was a few years ago.
[–] poppysquash [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah, the worst bit of it is that we could be censored and not really know about it until after the fact. If you look at undelete, conspiracy and friends, people have only figured out censorship and deletions after a bit of investigating. Imagine what we're missing or what's being squashed before we can find it.
We need automatic logs of moderator actions. Heck, i'd say it's not too far for any moderators actions to be visible, as it relates to or occurs on the subverse.
[–] DorkJedi ago
I would say anyone tagged as a mod has to create a mod account. No user mods.
Mod accounts are 100% transparent. Click a mod, you can see every post, action, PM, etc. No ability to vote, either.
If a user is a mod, that mod is linked to the account clearly. (user account contents retain normal user privacy). One Mod account per user account.