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I read a by that made me think. As you may know, I'm an idiot. If I'm forced to think that should mean something. You know what I thought about? Poal's culture. Specifically, the fate of our friendly, community atmosphere and how we use the voting buttons. Did I make a bunch of subs in one day to tease Hans? Yes. However, if he posts in those subs (which he now mods with me) it's (mostly) topical.

I noticed that he has a lot of downvotes. None of those have ever been me. Not even once. Not even a comment. In fact, I'll be going through the subs I share with Hans and asking people who downvoted Hans for an explanation. To my knowledge, he has only spammed once and that has been clearly labeled.

I used to think "Hans should be more like . He has a lot of the same ideas, but he's quiet about it." I've come to realize that I was asking for him to self-censor. Hans is hostile, refuses to explain himself and cannot accept criticism. This doesn't mean he doesn't deserve free speech. Imagine if this site gets millions of users. We'll have thousands of Hans's. Will we downvote them all no matter where they post? How can we justify them not downvoting anything they dislike?

To be clear, I will still complain about Hans. I will still bother him. I will still feel joy about those bothering him. I will not let Hans be an excuse to change Poal's culture. Neither should any of you.

I read a [post ](https://poal.co/s/Transvestigation/63283)by @Ivan that made me think. As you may know, I'm an idiot. If I'm forced to think that should mean something. You know what I thought about? Poal's culture. Specifically, the fate of our friendly, community atmosphere and how we use the voting buttons. Did I make a bunch of subs in one day to tease Hans? Yes. However, if he posts in those subs (which he now mods with me) it's (mostly) topical. I noticed that he has a lot of downvotes. None of those have ever been me. Not even once. Not even a comment. In fact, I'll be going through the subs I share with Hans and asking people who downvoted Hans for an explanation. To my knowledge, he has only spammed [s/Transvestigation ](https://poal.co/s/Transvestigation/hot)once and that has been clearly labeled. I used to think "Hans should be more like @smokratez. He has a lot of the same ideas, but he's quiet about it." I've come to realize that I was asking for him to self-censor. Hans is hostile, refuses to explain himself and cannot accept criticism. This doesn't mean he doesn't deserve free speech. Imagine if this site gets millions of users. We'll have thousands of Hans's. Will we downvote them all no matter where they post? How can we justify them not downvoting anything they dislike? To be clear, I will still complain about Hans. I will still bother him. I will still feel joy about those bothering him. I will not let Hans be an excuse to change Poal's culture. Neither should any of you.

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[–] • 11 pts

Hans is a spammer, a.troll, and he forum slides.

Whatever is the most posted in sub so it's not a sub most want to block. He was asked repeatedly to keep shit in appropriate subs and did not. After days of not down voting him I got sick of his bulshit posts, chat spamming, attacking everything and everyone I down voted everything he ever posted.

Apparently hans has s/anything now if he wants to post tranny stuff and fake animal stuff and fake space stuff to there appropriate subs then I will stop down voting him.

If votes don't matter then why does anyone care if they get up or down votes other than to change the color of there name.

I believe that poal has gained some bad actors mixed in with this recent influx of users.

Immigration without assimilation is invasion

[–] • 2 pts

Whatever is the most posted in sub so it's not a sub most want to block. He was asked repeatedly to keep shit in appropriate subs and did not.

Absolutely true.

If votes don't matter then why does anyone care if they get up or down votes other than to change the color of there name.

Votes do matter, actually. Let's be honest. If we assign downvotes to mean a spam button, that assigns meaning to downvotes.

Immigration without assimilation is invasion

Dead on. You know what phrase I adore? "Kill the savage to save the Indian." I forget who said it, but it's a wonderful phrase. Assimilation is an active process done by, but also to the immigrant. We must force out foreign behavior. Drill our ways into them. But we do it for the Indian who we must remember has human dignity. Hans' posts in the appropriate sub, the sub he now mods with me along with others, are almost all not spam. I know how hard he makes things, but the savage is dying so let that Indian enjoy civilized life.

[–] • 6 pts

I will call truce but insanity and spamming will not be rewarded