Luckily I believe that one of the site rules is 'no posting racism or hate speech', so it's well established that that kind of material isn't allowed here. I'm also hoping that the different structure of posting, voting, etc. deters the worst of the trolls.
FULLY agreed on my part. I see the term "freedom of speech" thrown around so damn much that it's starting to lose it's meaning. That meaning has never meant "I'm free to be a racist/homophobic/fat hating jerk without consequences", it's about your right to free speech against your government, you have that. Now stop being a jerk.
It seems like a genuinely nice community here so I'm quite hopeful that it will be somewhere nice to post.
I'm a new Snapzite that came over from Reddit during this whole debacle, and I gotta say that I love that about this community. There are a lot of dicks and trolls on Reddit, and it gets very annoying. People say really hate filled things, and they down vote EVERYTHING. I think the limited down votes rule is another great one on Snapzu. I'm excited to see the user base grow and see what this can become.
The leveling aspect of site users really does seem like something handy - it doesn't prevent a new user from engaging, but it does limit the initial "damage" a new user could do, for instance with the downvote limits. I've seen some posts suggesting the various systems in place here stifle growth, but growth just for the sake of growth isn't necessarily the ideal goal.
I am not terribly worried about number 2. It took Reddit quite a while to become that, so even if Snapzu's eventual fate is the same we probably have a solid 5 years of a great community before that happens.
From what I've heard, the Stormfront/hate crowd seem to be gravitating more towards voat. I actually decided on Snapzu because it seems more pleasant and grown-up.
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