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Your Voat experience can be whatever you want to make it, so make the most of it!
Sub Rule: This sub is for making your introduction post as a new user and for welcoming new users in the comments; posts asking for or offering free upvotes is bad form, Off-Topic to the sub, and subject to deletion
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You have two kinds of contribution points: Submission Contribution Points (SCP) and Comment Contribution Points (CCP).
- CCP is what allows you to vote on posts/comments and everyone starts with 10 free upvotes per day; the more CCP you get, the more you can vote.
- SCP doesn't do much for now but there are plans for down the road, and you get one free upvote with every post.
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Resources
FEATURED: A Guide for New Users
User Agreement, Privacy Policy, FAQs, and About
A Catalog of Voat Subverses (no longer maintained but still helpful)
The Founder: Atko's Did You Know? (old post with good memories)
/v/AVE Amateur Voat Enhancements (works but not maintained right now)
~PRO TIP 1: A great way to quickly gain CCP is to hang out here and greet other newcomers when they post. You are also helping them, so everyone wins!
~PRO TIP 2: You don't have to keep that password you created during the registration process--click the cog wheel by your name and change it!
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[–] Brian_isnt_working 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
That would be helpful. I don't plan on running afoul of the law but it's nice to know.
[–] wishywashywonka 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
Good for you, I also posted a similar question. Should have read through the comments first. :)
This paragraph seems to limit us a great deal: "Whoever publicly, by word, writing, image, gesture, acts of violence or any other manner, demeans or discriminates against an individual or a group of individuals because of their race, their ethnicity or their religion in a way which undermines human dignity, or on those bases, denies, coarsely minimizes or seeks to justify a genocide or other crimes against humanity [...] shall be punished with up to three years' imprisonment or a fine." - Article 261bis
A summary is here:
"incitement to hatred and discrimination"
"systematic libel, slander and disparagement"
"organising propaganda campaigns"
"breaches of human dignity and the disparagement of, or discrimination against, an individual by any sort of conduct - be it by word, writing, gestures or acts"
"denial, gross minimisation and justification of genocide or of other crimes against humanity."
[–] finkployd 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
That stuff is banned? This site is going to be NOTHING like reddit :)
[–] Severus 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Does this mean that fat shaming subverses are illegal?
[–] TugaNid 0 points 1 points 1 points (+1|-0) ago
Can I still make racistic jokes? Dark humor? Is that bannable even though I respect them?
[–] Zeis 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) ago
So according to that, /v/fatpeoplehate should be banned then? I'm all for that.
[–] modern_myth 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
This a million times over. In my opinion, the manner in which Voat decides to address the more unsavory or questionable content posted is what will make or break it.
[–] pyfrag 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
Without paying for gold... awesome. Loving this site more and more all the time.
[–] YourBlueIsMyPurple 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Voat is quickly catching up to Reddit Gold + Enhancement Suite. I like it a lot.
[–] astarkey12 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
This isn't a reddit gold feature anymore. Everyone on reddit has it now as of like a month ago.
[–] pyfrag 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Oh... derp.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
[–] LizardBreathe 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
He has that on the list...
Edit:never mind, sorry, I am an idiot and it not bother to check to see if it was edited, before commenting.
[–] Vladimir_Komarov 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Great idea. I'm sure new users will find this quite helpful.
[–] Anchy 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Started from the bottom now we are here! :)
It's pretty amazing all the things you did. I am actually speechless and very happy as well!
[–] DanielFlamino 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Ahem... this is the one.
[–] LizardBreathe 0 points 1 points 1 points (+1|-0) ago
Should we comment on this historic find, or is that like carving "'name' was here"? Thoughts?
[–] entropy797 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Thanks. This is very helpful for a new user. It is also interesting how some of these features are paid on reddit.
[–] Crackmacs 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
First day using the site, really enjoying it. Love the real time notifications.
[–] krimols 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Thanks for all your hard work /u/Atko