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Posts critical of Trump are downvoted on , an hour old post with (+3 | -6) is already on the third page: https://poal.co/s/Politics/242360, for reference there are 3-4 hour old posts with a score below 5 on the first page.

There is an element of truth to it and is worth discussing beyond the lazy "this news org is kiked" arguments, it's definitely not spam.

If the algorithm doesn't attempt to guess if downvotes are legitimate before mods take action then most posts will get the voat treatment.

Posts critical of Trump are downvoted on /s/Politics, an hour old post with (+3 | -6) is already on the third page: https://poal.co/s/Politics/242360, for reference there are 3-4 hour old posts with a score below 5 on the first page. There is an element of truth to it and is worth discussing beyond the lazy "this news org is kiked" arguments, it's definitely not spam. If the algorithm doesn't attempt to guess if downvotes are legitimate before mods take action then most posts will get the voat treatment.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

  1. Voat was always great.

  2. The "no downvotes" policy here is just as bad as the "downvote == disagree" attitude.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

The last years were garbage, someone else here pointed out that due to the "downvote == disagree" attitude most people were just hypocrites, opposing viewpoints were silenced while people who belong in an asylum were allowed to keep posting in the name of "free speech". They were obvious trolls, instead of using kike tactics they would spergpost and include 1-2 facts to make their annoying posts look legitimate in a twisted way, they basically created their own cult where people would actually read through the low-information posts and preach about the retard's accomplishments like Q followers.

[–] • 1 pt

It was shit, downvote meant you lost posting ability. So you downvoting legitimate news from people kept it an echo chamber. Made it impossible for anyone other than people with your views to use the site. Poal has a much better freedom of speech ethos