That would be my guess. I hope the Snapzu community can retain it's general character of awesomeness during the influx, and maybe the shittier people will feel more comfortable someplace else. One can hope! ;)
I just moved from Reddit, and into Snapzu. It was mentioned on one of the the posts on reddit that no one actually knows where everyone will be going after everything hits the fan. Currently the general trend is that it may be split between VOAT and several other user-based aggregates, including Snapzu.
My hope is that VOAT can be the anything-goes free-for-all that some Redditors crave, and that Snapzu can maintain some level of sanity and civility. Frankly, not everyone sees hosting open hate groups as being okay. There's a certain element online that seems to think having a free Internet platform for hate speech is their birthright. I do not think that's going to fly here on Snapzu. Unbelievably to some, online communities aren't absolute free speech zones by default. The founders and members of a website actually get to dictate what is and is not acceptable. This is not a violation of anyone's rights any more than not being able to have an impromptu poetry slam at the bank is. Different spaces, online and off, are set up for different reasons. It's not a terribly difficult concept to grasp, IMHO.
I don't even understand why it became such a defining characteristic for redditors, the anything-goes attitude... I joined reddit five years ago because I liked how complete strangers could have civil and personal conversations. If I had seen the level of hatred and insensitivity that is the norm on reddit these days, I highly doubt I would've registered.
That being said, looking good, Snapzu! Glad Voat is getting the "freeze peach" crowd and Snapzu is looking like it's picking up those who just wanna hang out and have nice conversations.
I agree completely. I mentioned in another thread that one of the reasons I joined reddit was because of the askreddit community. It was so neat hearing opinions and experiences from people all over the world.
It's funny the degrees of hate, because 4chan used to be down on reddit for being so touchy feely goody goody. But there is a segment of reddit that's just as bad as /b/ ever was. I don't know what the solution to that is other than to leave them to it and move somewhere where the red pillers hopefully won't follow...
I just wanted to say this whole conversation is the reason I came here instead of VOAT. There are a few things I will miss about reddit but the hate isn't one of them.
Yeah, I'm quite confused by how that whole thing developed. When I joined a few years back I don't recall ever really seeing any of the hate subreddits like that. I mean, I guess they had to have been there but they didn't seem so prevalent. There were assholes, but, there are always assholes.
I created a voat account months ago but ended up not going back to it.
The threads there were full with new and old users insisting on their right to be misogynist and racist. I really don't need that.
So far, I like what I see here on Snapzu: a thriving community, civilized discussions and good content. I really hope, it will be able to pertain its likeable and social character even with such a sudden influx of new users like us right now.
There are still one or two subreddits, i will visit in the future, but in general, I can see Snapzu becoming my new go-to page.
Yeah, I totally agree. From the past several hours, it seems that everyone here is more civilized and generally nicer to each other. Even on the smaller, niche subreddits, there were always extremely rude people or people who would be upvoted to the top of the comment chain for some stupid, tactless joke.
Like right now in r/AskReddit where someone asks about Reddit Alternatives. The top comment is about Pornhub...
I hope the same thing, if we can get a lot of those more angry subreddits onto Voat, and save this site more for the intellectual conversation and discussion, that'd be really neat! :)
That would be my guess. I hope the Snapzu community can retain it's general character of awesomeness during the influx, and maybe the shittier people will feel more comfortable someplace else. One can hope! ;)
I just moved from Reddit, and into Snapzu. It was mentioned on one of the the posts on reddit that no one actually knows where everyone will be going after everything hits the fan. Currently the general trend is that it may be split between VOAT and several other user-based aggregates, including Snapzu.
My hope is that VOAT can be the anything-goes free-for-all that some Redditors crave, and that Snapzu can maintain some level of sanity and civility. Frankly, not everyone sees hosting open hate groups as being okay. There's a certain element online that seems to think having a free Internet platform for hate speech is their birthright. I do not think that's going to fly here on Snapzu. Unbelievably to some, online communities aren't absolute free speech zones by default. The founders and members of a website actually get to dictate what is and is not acceptable. This is not a violation of anyone's rights any more than not being able to have an impromptu poetry slam at the bank is. Different spaces, online and off, are set up for different reasons. It's not a terribly difficult concept to grasp, IMHO.
Welcome, BTW! I hope you enjoy Snapzu. :)
I don't even understand why it became such a defining characteristic for redditors, the anything-goes attitude... I joined reddit five years ago because I liked how complete strangers could have civil and personal conversations. If I had seen the level of hatred and insensitivity that is the norm on reddit these days, I highly doubt I would've registered.
That being said, looking good, Snapzu! Glad Voat is getting the "freeze peach" crowd and Snapzu is looking like it's picking up those who just wanna hang out and have nice conversations.
I agree completely. I mentioned in another thread that one of the reasons I joined reddit was because of the askreddit community. It was so neat hearing opinions and experiences from people all over the world.
It's funny the degrees of hate, because 4chan used to be down on reddit for being so touchy feely goody goody. But there is a segment of reddit that's just as bad as /b/ ever was. I don't know what the solution to that is other than to leave them to it and move somewhere where the red pillers hopefully won't follow...
I just wanted to say this whole conversation is the reason I came here instead of VOAT. There are a few things I will miss about reddit but the hate isn't one of them.
Yeah, I'm quite confused by how that whole thing developed. When I joined a few years back I don't recall ever really seeing any of the hate subreddits like that. I mean, I guess they had to have been there but they didn't seem so prevalent. There were assholes, but, there are always assholes.
I agree.
I created a voat account months ago but ended up not going back to it.
The threads there were full with new and old users insisting on their right to be misogynist and racist. I really don't need that.
So far, I like what I see here on Snapzu: a thriving community, civilized discussions and good content. I really hope, it will be able to pertain its likeable and social character even with such a sudden influx of new users like us right now.
There are still one or two subreddits, i will visit in the future, but in general, I can see Snapzu becoming my new go-to page.
Exactly. Free speech guarantees the right to express oneself somewhere, not everywhere.
Thanks! I'm just hoping that some of the very close knit communities that were built on reddit will move here!
Yeah, I totally agree. From the past several hours, it seems that everyone here is more civilized and generally nicer to each other. Even on the smaller, niche subreddits, there were always extremely rude people or people who would be upvoted to the top of the comment chain for some stupid, tactless joke.
Like right now in r/AskReddit where someone asks about Reddit Alternatives. The top comment is about Pornhub...
I hope the same thing, if we can get a lot of those more angry subreddits onto Voat, and save this site more for the intellectual conversation and discussion, that'd be really neat! :)