"As Reddit has grown, we've seen additional examples of how unfettered free speech can make Reddit a less enjoyable place to visit and can even cause people harm outside of Reddit," Huffman wrote in a town hall-style meeting Thursday known as an Ask Me Anything (AMA). On Thursday, he laid out new rules further restricting what users can post on the site.Īmong the items no longer allowed: illegal activity publication of people's private information anything that incites violence, harassment, bullying, abuse and anything sexually suggestive of minors. Voat users' concerns over Reddit's increasing control likely won't be swayed by Steve Huffman - a Reddit co-founder who returned as CEO on July 10 following the ouster of former chief Ellen Pao - who plans to purge distasteful elements from the online community. "Voat's community already feels fresh and more respectful than Reddit's," wrote one Voat convert called boiglenoight. That manifesto of sorts has become a rallying cry of Voat's users, frustrated with Reddit's tightening control over posts to its site. "There's no doubt we can build a better home for those of us that enjoy aggregated content, if we simply listen to those that use it, and hold that as an ongoing priority." Voat says it promises completely unfettered free speech, "submitted, organized, moderated and voted on (ranked) by the users." "No legal subject in this universe should be out of bounds," the site says.
"We are currently fully focused on improving the technology behind Voat and that is our main priority." Free speech: mostly or absolutely? "We have received too many requests from almost all major media outlets and we can no longer respond to media inquiries individually primarily because we don't have the manpower," the person wrote in an email. A spokesperson for Voat declined to comment for this story.
0 kommentar(er)
