There were many closed groups in Voat, people who have blocked all subs except the few where their friends resided. So they reposted links just because they haven't seen them in other subs. Maybe this is inevitable and will happen here too, sooner or later .
Maybe this is inevitable and will happen here too, sooner or later .
It won't. Poal doesn't have and will never have private subs, nor anon subs/posts/comments.
There are two possibilities to handle the information overload: Look at HOT and TOP, hoping that other users have upvoted the important stuff, or look at NEW and block all users and subs that add noise. The blocking method leads to a personalized experience with well known usernames around, but it also leads into filter bubbles.
Or you can simply
Follow users who post content on topic with that you like and use the PIF page (Poalrs I Follow).
Subscribe to subs you like and use /new /hot /top /pop (your personal front page).
That may explain a small fraction of the post activity on voat. The amount of shill forum sliding was through the roof.
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