Odd Voat Algorithm shows v/pizzagate post with 2 up votes and when viewed from the OP's Submissions indicates 68 ( pizzagate )

submitted by jangles

So a recent post here by @bolus shows 2 up votes and when viewed from his Submission history, here , it indicates there are actually 68 votes.

Can anyone make sense of this?

@vindicator @kevdude @srayzie @Honeybee_

think-

Hi @jangles , I am very sorry, but I will have to remove the post, as posts about the sub itself go to v/pizzagatemods .

Posts about the subverse itself go to /v/pizzagatemods .

You are invited to repost there. Thank you!

Please see also this comment by our O, who reminded us that posts violating 'Rule 4' need to be deleted, not flaired:

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2506775/12530636

Please keep up the good work!

jangles

Thanks for the kindness

think-

You're welcome, @jangles . Sorry I had to pull it.

tippyc

Beats reddit where post will say 17 comments and 500 upvoats, but when you click it thers nothing there.

DrPenguin

I've noticed this happening before too.

Omnicopy

Why the goat thing on Boat? Anyone know? I know nothing about Voat, but goats are baphomets!!

Vindicator

Goats are the mascot of Voat, because Atko, the founder, is Swiss and Switzerland is full of intrepid mountain goats. You'll note it's spell "Voat" instead of "Vote". Has nothing to do with Baphomet. Goats are amazing animals that are smart, tough, and can eat anything and live in extreme conditions. They also make delicious milk and cheese.

Omnicopy

Ok thanks but still hard to believe!!! Especially in our day!

Vindicator

Yep SURE!!!! I’m starting wonder if the entire Internet is satanic!!!

Sometimes I wonder the same thing, Omnicopy.

opinionatedduck

I rather like the irony. Gat worshippers sold out by goats. :)

Nana66

I told the mods about this back last May just before getting banned. I noticed the sub looked like it was dying out because posts weren't getting hardly any action but pointed out that there were usually as many as 3 to 5k users at a time still. shortly after that there were only about 500 users showing. I did a test on different subs with posts that had no action to make sure it was only me on the post and discovered that my vote would disappear after I refreshed the page but the icon still stayed showing I voted. I had other regular users check and they said it was happening to them also. I won't get into my experience with the mods but I am guessing this was done to slow us down so they didn't need to have as many babysitters watching our posts and comments....then regular posters started disappearing. This is also happening on Reddit but I have also seen my up vote take a post from 100 down to 81% so some of our votes are actually censoring posts and we don't realize it. I don't actually know if this is possible but I feel like they have some sort of way...like a fake template of pages that we see that covers things on the page with a fake and censored version of info.

DeathToMasonsASAP

"i told the mods"..Did you? You respect them, that is why you are not to be taken seriously.

Nana66

Those mods are gone but, short version, they didn't care about the problem.

Vindicator

If you'll take a looksee at v/voatdev , you will see this bug effects the entire site, not just v/pizzagate .

some of our votes are actually censoring posts and we don't realize it

This was the whole point of the design of Voat -- that users would be able to curate content with their votes.

discovered that my vote would disappear after I refreshed the page but the icon still stayed showing I voted. I had other regular users check and they said it was happening to them also

As has been repeatedly explained, the site has experienced massive DDoS attacks lasting months at times (probably due to v/pizzagate ). Voting can be a DDoS vector. When Cloudflare senses an attack, it automatically adds lag time between vote registration...sometimes even giving an error message that it's "checking our bits" to prevent bot attacks from taking us down.

Nana66

effects the entire site

"I did a test on different subs"

This has been going on since last May and I check all the time and all of my votes, comment votes too, are always pretend. If it was happening to every account on here there would never be votes on any posts.

dooob

Read again, there is a delay.

neptunium1

It's a bug that hasn't been fixed for weeks. Once a OP edits a submitted post the counter stops registering upvotes. Another glitch is the number of viewing users - permanently on 113.

jangles

yep this is it

DeathToMasonsASAP

Yes a bug....

neptunium1

Lol.

riposte

Probably 66 alts upvoted it from the same pc and ip.

auralsects

why do need to see other peoples assessments of a post's value in order to make your own? is you a bitch, sir?

Oh_Well_ian

hey dumb cunt... it likely has an effect on archived posts and subsequent searches..

why don't you fuck off CIA NIGGER ?

NoBS

They pretend we are as dumb as the facebook idiots. They are manipulating the votes to hide popular descent. The vote manipulations are more sinister than facebook because it is more subtle and restrained.