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[–] insert_name 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

Well, think about it.

People who are on Voat now, for the large part, are anarchists to some extent. In other words, quick to move from mainstream things (i.e. Reddit), to newer, free-er, platforms (i.e. Voat).

So inevitably, a lot of people on Voat, which is a protest-y kind of website to Reddit, is going to have a lot of protest-y kind of people to suit.

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[–] Mongolera [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That is true, and I figured that out too. It makes sense for innovators and early adapters to go to a new platform first, but I did not expect it to be this evident. I also wonder if voat will ever be able to grow out of this phase. The reddexodus seems to have stopped, not that I still follow those affairs, but the clearly laid out banning seems to be okay for most of the visitors and that's that. Do you think voat will eventually settle for a more moderate tone? Also considering the already fiercely brewing (mod) drama it has?

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[–] insert_name 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It's simple. Most people on Reddit just post pictures of cats, and apparently everybody loves them, so the majority of people don't really experience the censorship and banning of Reddit.

I think Reddit will never digg-ify (become practically dead). It does what it's become to do, very very well - brighten up people's shitty lives with pictures of cute shit. Voat doesn't do this well, and maybe never will, so we can just hope more OC content comes really.