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Yesterday a few of you decided to go over to Reddit and kick the beehive...The predictable things happened. Every comment and post on Reddit was down voted to oblivion and the users were generally hostile calling Poal a den a right wing neo-nazis.

Also predictably, a few of them followed the trail back here and started posting pro-Democrat/anti-Trump content... and a few of you got triggered like a PETA member on a hunting trip.

If the first time you see content that does not reverberate with the echo chamber properly you instinctively reach for the down vote button then you are making this place no better than Reddit. That is the top of the slippery slope to vote brigades, shadow bans and censorship. Or did the users that down voted WANT Poal to be an echo chamber? DId some shills just out them selves?

Do better. BE better.

- I'm looking at you. Grow a fucking backbone
Yesterday a few of you decided to go over to Reddit and kick the beehive...The predictable things happened. Every comment and post on Reddit was down voted to oblivion and the users were generally hostile calling Poal a den a right wing neo-nazis. Also predictably, a few of them followed the trail back here and started posting pro-Democrat/anti-Trump content... and a few of you got triggered like a PETA member on a hunting trip. If the first time you see content that does not reverberate with the echo chamber properly you instinctively reach for the down vote button then you are making this place no better than Reddit. That is the top of the slippery slope to vote brigades, shadow bans and censorship. Or did the users that down voted WANT Poal to be an echo chamber? DId some shills just out them selves? Do better. BE better. @auto_turret @Titus_of_Voat @Professor_de_la_Paz @Xenxaytax - I'm looking at you. Grow a fucking backbone

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[–] • 9 pts

1) I don't have a reddit account and haven't been there in years. Since I created my Voat account, in fact.
2) I down-voted abject stupidity when I came across it here on Poal.

Also predictably, a few of them followed the trail back here and started posting pro-Democrat/anti-Trump content... and a few of you got triggered like a PETA member on a hunting trip.

3) I was unaware that the stupidity I down-voted was created by a redditor, but I guess I should've figured something was going on.
4) I will continue to do so, but thanks for your thoughts.

[–] • 7 pts (edited )

The only thing worse than Politically Correct pro ball is the vapid consumers who worship the compromised (((industry))) like religious zealots. Yet they are not worse than a pedophile who can baby sit vulnerable children and blame the child for being sexualized. Fuck off with your spamming of pro ball

I down voted this comment and would do so again. Posting a story about baseball is not "spamming pro ball", or "worshiping" them.

I know there was another stupid comment I downvoted as well. But I can't recall it enough to find right now, perhaps can dig it up.

I'm with Paz, I don't use it as a disagree button, but I will use it in response to users who are posting garbage.

I've been here 2+ years and I've downvoted 56 times. I'd say that is more than acceptable. Buddha, you have a similar aged account and you have 77 down votes... O_o

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This was the other comment I downvoted.

Shills get paid too. You are moar disgusting

Name calling is worth downvoting. It isn't discussion.

[–] • 5 pts

I've been here 2+ years and I've downvoted 56 times.

Damn, Titus. I'm at 507, if I understand the Power Levels correctly.

Name calling is worth downvoting. It isn't discussion.

Unless it's clever, like "and a few of you got triggered like a PETA member on a hunting trip."

[–] • 5 pts

And it is one thing if the name calling is in good fun and yes being witty helps! However, if you create a new account and you immediately start name calling, I'm sorry, I don't think we need that behavior here and I will absolutely downvote it.

[–] [deleted] • 4 pts

Whatever happened to calling a spade a spade?

[–] • 4 pts

On Poal.co, the downvote is not considered as a "I disagree". It's usually for spam and off-topic posts or comments

So do you disagree with pmyb2's request of not down voting because you disagree? It is one of the few rules/requests he makes of Poal users and so far I have felt that it make this a better place.

[–] • 4 pts

We'd rather engage in a counter argument with the post/comment we disagree with, and use down votes for spam (you can report to admins) and off topic trolls.

Trolls are fair game and you know it.

[–] • 3 pts

So the post on Reddit was explicitly framed as "Poal is better, why not come check it out." Do you think it is impossible that someone actually just wanted to give Poal.co a spin and was not a Troll? I have zero doubt that the poster who came here really did think Trump will loose and really does miss Obama.

[–] • 2 pts