His name was J a s o n C a r s w e l l.. He was cast into the desert for 7 days and nights..

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[–]whistlepig 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Nutz... It sure didn't take long for saidit to fall into the thin skinned morass that the current reddit suffers from (compared to the original reddit of pre-2008). I've said many times and will continue to say that the whole lack of a down vote thing along without being able to hide posts/comments below a user set level is retarded and ignores what made reddit great back in the first few years.

Expected of course. Magnora7 doesn't have an understanding of self-policing systems.

[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

Bots can vote. In 2008, bots used to be less common, less malicious.

Only people we trust should be able to police our content.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Some sites have set up a system where new accounts have to earn rights and privileges by interacting with the user base.

A good bot can still advance to voting and posting rights, but it takes days or weeks instead of one minute.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

100 new good bots every day, all supporting each other.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Until they earn, say, 10 comment upvotes, they have no voting rights. And their daily comments are limited too. These restrictions can be adjusted to fit the threat.

This would hardly affect legitimate users at all.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Bots can repost popular comments from other sites, gather upvotes from previous waves.

This would hardly affect legitimate users at all.

Once the infiltration is finished, all legitimate users have to follow the line or be expelled.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's what's happening now, but no, once legitimate users make it past the initial troll filter, they would have full rights.

Not sure how to keep it from turning into voat.xyz, and am glad that's not my problem. Maybe this clusterfuck will help me get back to all those games I've been ignoring.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

have full rights

A system where downvotes simply rank the content and do nothing to the poster would be like reddit without crazy jannies. Yes, everything political and profitable is doomed to be controlled by bad agents, but at least regular people can speak.

past the initial troll filter

A filter capable of keeping especially dumb kids off the site may seem like a good thing, but it will annoy regular users. And those kids could always just buy an account.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

but it will annoy regular users.

I wouldn't be annoyed if users below 110 IQ were filtered out here, but I also use those other sites where retardation reigns. (although use less and less) Again, I'm glad it's not my problem to solve. Maybe it can't be solved.

[–]whistlepig 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I only trust myself to look out for my own interests. Which is why I'm such a fan of the pre-2008 version of reddit.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Magnora7 doesn't have an understanding of self-policing systems.

I think everyone here realizes there are benefits from a down vote system. There is merit to doing it this way too. There's pros and cons to both systems. I've come to like it personally, although there are times I really wish I could downvote something.