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This would be for off topic/troll posts that might have a good point or meaning, but have little to do with the intended purpose of the sub. I can see deleting spam or malicious trolling, but not every case warrants it. I'm starting to see posting that appears to be trying to goad mods into deleting them, without coming off as too offensive or spammy, so as to paint them as censor happy.

For those that might be confused, this would be an added option, not in lieu of deleting.

Hi all. It's come to my attention that the site is lacking when it comes to removed content. So I've implemented some changes to make things more transparent. First off, content deleted by a mod or admin will now remain in your profile. Mods/admins must now supply a reason for why the content was removed, which will now display in the deleted posts page. You will also receive a message in your inbox telling you why the content was removed, from where, and by who. These changes are not retroactive and only apply from here on out. It's also worth noting there was a bug with deleting comments, where if a mod tried to delete a reply to a comment, it would instead delete the original base comment, so some comments might have been mistakenly removed. This has been fixed.

Click the domain inside the parentheses on a topic to sort by domain. Or use the url format /v/site?domain=www.whatever.com ie https://www.voat.xyz/v/site?domain=files.catbox.moe

I inadvertently hit the delete button on a comment (big hands, little buttons) and behold, my comment is gone. Not a big deal, but could we implement something like "are you sure?" as a confirmation before it actually deletes?

Short version: put a small flag based on the location a post originated from (not the user's account) in the header bar of a post. The idea is that shills/shitposters/etc slip up with VPNs from time to time, and it gives a way that someone can ruin an aged account by accidentally posting from e.g. Israel.

I looked into how 4chan did it to see if I could help it along over here; it seems they use one image with every country flag in it, and serve just a small portion of the image based on a country code. Here's their image: https://files.catbox.moe/mots3b.png

I mentioned this to Cynabuns who suggested posting it here: https://www.voat.xyz/viewpost.php?postid=609273351f6b7&commentid=6092d2da6189c

What do you think?

Accounts with 0 or less combined scp + ccp are now rate limited to 1 post every 15 minutes. They also cannot submit link posts, but can post links as a discussion post. These restrictions do not currently apply to comments, but that could change in the future. Want to avoid these restrictions? Ensure your account has a positive balance of 1 point, either ccp or scp it doesn't matter, as long as the total balance is bigger than 0.

Voat.co had a similar immune system which penalized accounts with negative points. I believe this is a better way of handling it. We'll give this system a try, I will make adjustments if needed. New accounts might have a rocky start of having limits, then not having them, then having them, then not, but it will stabilize out the more they post (granted they're not posting genital mutilation, naked jewish women, etc.)

Also, the amount of downvotes you're allotted has been changed from 1:1 to a .5:1 ratio with upvotes. If you're unable to downvote then try upvoting some more.

Edit: Negative accounts with -20 or more are now rate limited in comments as well. Starting off with 5 minutes, we'll see how that goes.

Edit2: I changed the submission time out to 5 minutes, I will adjust it as needed.

When you go to the comments page for a post, there is no preview button to expand images/videos like there is on the front page. It would be nice to have a preview button on that page to see the image/video instead of having to click the link of the image/video and it taking me to the website instead.

Also, any chance the hide button can be moved just a little farther away from the save button, or at least have a little popup requesting confirmation? You see, I have big thumbs, so....

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I've brought this up before, and I think it's high time to implement a system that is at least similar to what voat.co had. Here's how it worked on voat.co...

- If a user had less than 100 CCP, they couldn't downvoat comments or posts.

- If a user had less than 10 CCP, they couldn't make posts of their own.

- If a user had negative CCP they were restricted to a certain number of comments per day/week depending on how deeply negative their CCP was. The more negative their CCP, the less often they were allowed to comment. Remember @Edgelord666? His CCP was in the negative thousands, and he was only allowed to comment something like once a week.

- All users, regardless of their CCP/SCP totals, were also blocked from posting more than 3 times to any given sub in a 60 minute period.

My suggestion is to implement this system, or one similar to it, but have it also apply to negative SCP (something voat 1.0 did not do). Here's why...

On voat.co, a new user could pretend to be a non-spamfag for just long enough to generate enough positive CCP (more than 10), enabling them to make posts. Then they would go dark for two weeks, after which point, none of their original comments could be voated on (either up or down), thus securing their ability to post with that account, forever. They would then use their post-ready account to spam the site, and, so long as they never overtly violated TOS, no one could stop them from spamming lolis or animal gore or whatever their "legal", non-TOS violating spam was, no matter how deeply negative their SCP got.

So, @system, I am suggesting the implementation of the voat.co system with one addition: negative SCP restricts users from being able to make posts. Maybe between -1 and -10 they can post once per day, and anything lower than -10 restricts them to once per week. I don't know how you would prefer to break it down, but there needs to be some kind of SCP based restriction in place to prevent spamming. It is not possible for you to moderate the site 24/7 all on your own. A system like this will give voat.xyz an immune system similar to what voat.co had, which enabled any user with over 100 CCP to participate in protecting the site from spam, and in some cases illegal, content. CCP and SCP can and should function as more than just an internet virtue meter. These point totals can and should be used to protect the site from malicious activity.

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