That is one of Voats problems with non-system subs. These subs have poorly defined rules and the rules that exist are administered unfairly and inconsistently. I have pinged Putt many times on this and said that he needs to make mods improve in this are or it will just be Reddit 2.0 or worse.
One thing Putt is working on is a system that will allow users to boot a mod if they don't like the way a sub is run. The code is complete and in testing, but I don't know when it will be released to production.
I was speaking about Putt himself and the global rules. But your point about private subs being prone to mod abuse without any accountability is also very true.
You may have noticed I never mentioned him. Cause he is only a pseudo ruler..
I believe the global rules are pretty wide open on system subs. Is there a specific case where they were not?
Enforcement is inconsistent and arguably biased. Nobody can claim they know exactly what rules like vote manipulation and doxxing cover. The most explanation given for the vote manipulation bans (rescinded) were +1 and -1. It only demonstrated voting pattern. A lot of the people banned could not make a public case because they didn't have alts and Voat went invite only shortly before the bans. If voting on links where one was pinged to was the problem, then why didn't it come up before? He claimed the activity was unnatural, but left it to a bot and didn't do a case-by-case basis. Me, along with 6 other users banned, were enveloped in the drama of another user that lasted quite a while over several threads and had justified reasons to engage, current and prior. I never had to find any of it through comments on a user page, ruling that out. So I'm led to believe that anyone who went and mass-downvoted Aged could've easily run afoul of Putt's shitty algorithm.
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