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First off: Immigrants not respecting established community norms and making a big commotion about it.

Second: One of the ideas passed around is the concept of a SPAM vote option or flag. I imagine this idea has been discussed before, maybe even as part of Poal’s current policy.

Third: Consider the idea of allowing for downvotes without repercussion, but minimizing their ability to effect sort order. This would expose DV fags and allow for unfettered ‘I disagrees’.

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These are just some thoughts and ideas. Maybe they’ve already been hashed out here. Regardless, the noobs don’t know much about why Poal is the way Poal is.

First off: Immigrants not respecting established community norms and making a big commotion about it. Second: One of the ideas passed around is the concept of a SPAM vote option or flag. I imagine this idea has been discussed before, maybe even as part of Poal’s current policy. Third: Consider the idea of allowing for downvotes without repercussion, but minimizing their ability to effect sort order. This would expose DV fags and allow for unfettered ‘I disagrees’. ____________ These are just some thoughts and ideas. Maybe they’ve already been hashed out here. Regardless, the noobs don’t know much about why Poal is the way Poal is.

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[–] • 5 pts

As a recent Voatfugee, I appreciate that Poal has welcomed my kind with open arms. I’m doing my best to assimilate and be a net positive immigoat.

[–] • 2 pts

I'm in the same boat splooge. So far I'm liking it well enough, if I wasn't though I'd just fucking quietly leave and look for somewhere else. There is some extreme faggotry on display sadly.

[–] • 2 pts

One of the things I’ve noticed (generally speaking) is that most folks have conflated inclusion with accommodation. Redditards are a prominent example.

They laughed when users were banned. Then they got banned themselves. So they flocked to Voat in droves, demanding accommodation, but labeling it as inclusion. In other words, they landed at Voat and demanded that we change it to Reddit for them.

Bitch, are you here? Good, you’ve been included. Don’t like something? Fucking go away then or avoid it or say something about it. Don’t go whining that you should be accommodated.

[–] • 1 pt

Fair fucking point. I'm a judgmental prick, but I haven't had enough time to accurately judge this place. Until I get to that point, I'm just gonna act as if it's fine and try not to shit where I eat. The value I found in voat, and here so far, is that it's an opportunity to laugh and make other people laugh. It makes me a happier person to make people laugh, and I need that.

[–] • 0 pt

As long as I can have a reality anchor/reality check/radically alternative viewpoint, and a constant supply of redpillsium, I’m good.

Qlets can be blocked, and internal drama can be ignored. I’ve neither the interest nor patience for pointless bickering. Except when it comes to bashing Qtards. That’s the exception. They always need ridiculing, lest we forget to keep ourselves in check.

[–] • 2 pts

I can vouch for Splooge, he is a class A bro.

[–] • 0 pt

Same here man. Everybody stop being fags

[–] • 4 pts

On principal, I don't downvote because it's pointless.

[–] • 1 pt

I'm not sure if there's anyway to verify but I used the downvote something like 18000 times at Voat.

I don't miss it.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

The people angry about downvotes are probably SBBH weirdos.

[–] • 0 pt

Is there anything you said here that makes sense?

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

What do you mean?

[–] • 1 pt

The Poal rules seem okay to me. I've downvoated some Qstorm stuff anyway though.

[–] • -1 pt

downvoated some Qstorm stuff anyway though

I lolled. They do indeed sucks

[–] • 1 pt

I don't understand why people can't read.

Right when I signed up, there was a welcome screen that let me change a few settings, and explained clearly how down votes were viewed on the site. It was great, and I haven't had any problems.

Every noob question is answered on that page. Even the user colors and shit. I see people asking that question every day.

I think they should make that page more obtrusive and easily accessible, maybe make it a default subscription, add a big link in the banner, or something. That's a pretty simple thing that I think will have the kind of impact we want.

[–] • 0 pt

It might be nice to have a more accessible sitewide sticky with info/links about what Poal is And a bit of the history.

[–] • 0 pt

I really like number three.

[–] • -1 pt

Three was really the point of the post, but I thought it better to get the first two out of the way as a sort of INB4.

[–] • 0 pt
[–] • -1 pt

Similar, but not quite the same idea. Funny how you make it seem like a 3rd party when it’s you.

[–] • 0 pt

Yeah, I suppose I could have said, 'This has been suggested by me.' But I wasn't that interested in staking a personal claim on it. I really just want the ability to downvote in a way that will be acceptable to this site. I'm not even that concerned about the ability to slide comments, or punish people points-wise.

[–] • -1 pt

Why do you really feel as if you must downvote? I suppose I would like to downvote something if it is not true. That would be cool.

[–] • 0 pt

Is there somewhere I can read the site rules? I signed up 2 years ago but didn't use my account. Thanks!

[–] • -1 pt

Yes, the TOS and more are linked at the bottom of EVERY GODDAMN PAGE

[–] • 0 pt

I downgoated zero times on voat because it was abused.

I haven't downvoted here because (up until the last week) I never saw spam, no reason to.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Anytime you sorted by new on Voat it was filled will shill content though. I haven't seen much of that here yet but I'm guessing we will if more start joining. There is definitely a lot of low effort trash posts here. On the other side of it productive Voat/new posts were downvoated and buried before they could see the light of day.