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I noticed that a surprisingly large number of comments on Voat were anti-semitic and/or racist. Totally out of context, I mean. You might expect hate speech o
by newsbinator 9y ago
I noticed that a surprisingly large number of comments on Voat were anti-semitic and/or racist.
Totally out of context, I mean.
You might expect hate speech on political subreddits/subverses, but on Voat these were just out of the blue, and numerous.
- robin_reala 9y agoIt’s not surprising given the context in which it was started.
- sterlind 9y agoVoat's userbase consists of the members and communities who were banned by Reddit's hate speech policy. Effectively, Voat is Reddit's "recycle bin." Judging from its content, I think the admins made the right call..
- whywhywhywhy 9y ago> Voat is Reddit's "recycle bin." I definitely agree, but I also remember how Reddit was considered the dumping ground for users banned on Digg and content that wasn't good enough for Digg. Today unpleasant content probably makes up a large percentage of Voat traffic. But if a few big subreddits moved over that percentage would be dwarfed and suddenly it's no longer a Recycle Bin.
- rsynnott 9y agoVoat has had three big influxes of users in the last few years: - When reddit cracked down on the paedophilia subreddits - When reddit banned fatpeoplehate - When reddit banned and/or hid some of the more egregiously Nazi-ish subreddits. So yeah, this is pretty much what you'd expect.