It also escapes me as to why it took 2 years to do something... a cynical sort might imagine that recent website censorship has them spooked - hence the willingness to foster a healthier range of opinions.
As I see it, the only way to "allow unpopular opinions while preventing comment spam" is to either remove the voting system entirely, basically turning the site into an imageboard, or get a new batch of users...
I don't think removing the voting system entirely is necessary. I put in my two cents here. As for the users, I guess time will tell. If they implement something fair I think it's clearly going to take a while until the culture improves, if it ever does. Fortunately that leaves a niche for phuks once the perfect new website design goes live and you hit the big-time.
It also escapes me as to why it took 2 years to do something... a cynical sort might imagine that recent website censorship has them spooked - hence the willingness to foster a healthier range of opinions.
> As I see it, the only way to "allow unpopular opinions while preventing comment spam" is to either remove the voting system entirely, basically turning the site into an imageboard, or get a new batch of users...
I don't think removing the voting system entirely is necessary. I put in my two cents [here](https://voat.co/v/announcements/2077695/10250146). As for the users, I guess time will tell. If they implement something fair I think it's clearly going to take a while until the culture improves, if it ever does. Fortunately that leaves a niche for phuks once the perfect new website design goes live and you hit the big-time.
It also escapes me as to why it took 2 years to do something... a cynical sort might imagine that recent website censorship has them spooked - hence the willingness to foster a healthier range of opinions.
I don't think removing the voting system entirely is necessary. I put in my two cents here. As for the users, I guess time will tell. If they implement something fair I think it's clearly going to take a while until the culture improves, if it ever does. Fortunately that leaves a niche for phuks once the perfect new website design goes live and you hit the big-time.