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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!
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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A Catalog of Voat Subverses (no longer maintained but still helpful)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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[–] tnargkiller 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I'm bringing some of my subreddits over so I'll be using most of my initial time here towards moving existing content to get the ball rolling. It's nothing personal against reddit. I don't hate it, and in fact I'll probably still use it more frequently for the foreseeable future.
You mentioned how you'd like to see people actually introduce themselves, and I'd love to do that.
Here are some general things:
I'm from the D.C. area.
I'm bi, and currently trying to reel in this gorgeous guy. Brown hair, brown eyes. Dreamy, for my preferences.
The entire reason I spend so much time on reddit, and now Voat, is to gain experience from a web-based moderation perspective. I have a general goal to launch a web-based business and I want to see how to deal with tons of people in an environment where I operate from "behind a keyboard". It's been an interesting ride so far, I can't imagine what an actual business will be like, although I know it'll be a bit more mature of an environment given that I plan to serve B2B rather than B2C.
I love cars. People ask what my favorite car is, and I really have no answer. I'd be just as happy behind the wheel of a vintage Beetle as I would a huge pickup truck. I'd really like to own a Mercedes G Wagon someday though. I just love the general exploration behind how each car drives and I genuinely try to learn something from each experience. A friend recently let me drive her Jeep and I got to toy around with the low range gearbox which I've always wanted to do, although she had no idea what it was about.
I enjoy looking at real estate (which I currently can't afford) online. I'll frequently look at large lots and dream of a house I'd build there.
Do you have anything to share?
P.S. Happy Friday :-)
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[–] tnargkiller 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Alright, I'll do my best!
[–] HomerSimpson 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well it's a sub dedicated to new people...what do you expect?
But yeah I agree.