Voat Is Shutting Down

Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by dotancohen on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @05:15AM (#25504766)

So each time a post "just asking questions" is posted, close it with a link to the explanation of why the idea has already been debunked. Just like a Bugzilla dupe or a StackOverflow dupe.

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by GrantSolar on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @06:31AM (#25505236)

For a long time, Reddit moderators did not have the tools to do this. Regardless, whenever bad-faith argumentation is removed, the person whose comment was removed paints the event as censorship which just backs up their conspiracy argument more

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by UncleMeat on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @09:04AM (#25506350)

Now do this 1,000 times. Now 10,000 times. It is trivial to suck all the air out of a forum by repeatedly posting this.

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by dotancohen on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @09:24AM (#25506502)

Spam detection has been a feature of email clients for a long time. I'm sure even a rudimentary automated detection mechanism could prevent a significant portion of the dupes.

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by UncleMeat on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @10:33AM (#25507178)

Is that not censorship then?

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by cercatrova on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:52AM (#25508283)

In order to have a good community, you need a form of censorship, whether through moderation, spam detection, voting systems, and so on. Otherwise, the community as a whole becomes a mess.

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by dotancohen on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:43PM (#25510280)

Somebody "just asking a question" is not being censored. Somebody "just asking a question" will be happy for the quick response.

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