That may be it, but I think that’s a generous assumption. I’ve been on this site for 7 months or so, and I couldn’t tell you how or where to see anyone else’s “contribution points.” (that may be a function of the fact that my “community styling” setting remains off… dunno ?♂️)
No, I honestly can’t imagine anyone posting dozens of vote-bait posts a day for “contribution points” that you can’t redeem for squirt guns, or remote control cars, or even Laffy Taffy or Tootsie Rolls.
I think this is forum crapping, pure and simple, all for $13/hr; maybe less since just posting links doesn’t even require English skills.
Their prize is that they scare off new people who want to find a good place, but see a million dumb posts. It makes the site a lot less attractive for someone coming for the first time, which is what some of the shills/bots want.
Yeah, I was never on voat, but I was on poal for a few weeks. GA was a polite alternative with real news and discussion. But there are tons of sites that have so many links they just seen kooky, and if I came to the site today for the first time, I probably wouldn't stay long enough to figure out how to block things, and just disregard the place entirely.
Well, a handshake/zero-history account is a pretty clear giveaway of a shill when someone new starts making dickish/divisive/distracting/disinforming posts.
That may be it, but I think that’s a generous assumption. I’ve been on this site for 7 months or so, and I couldn’t tell you how or where to see anyone else’s “contribution points.” (that may be a function of the fact that my “community styling” setting remains off… dunno ?♂️)
No, I honestly can’t imagine anyone posting dozens of vote-bait posts a day for “contribution points” that you can’t redeem for squirt guns, or remote control cars, or even Laffy Taffy or Tootsie Rolls.
I think this is forum crapping, pure and simple, all for $13/hr; maybe less since just posting links doesn’t even require English skills.
Their prize is that they scare off new people who want to find a good place, but see a million dumb posts. It makes the site a lot less attractive for someone coming for the first time, which is what some of the shills/bots want.
Yeah, I was never on voat, but I was on poal for a few weeks. GA was a polite alternative with real news and discussion. But there are tons of sites that have so many links they just seen kooky, and if I came to the site today for the first time, I probably wouldn't stay long enough to figure out how to block things, and just disregard the place entirely.
Well, a handshake/zero-history account is a pretty clear giveaway of a shill when someone new starts making dickish/divisive/distracting/disinforming posts.