When I first joined Voat about three months ago I loved it. I was able to have intense debates on touchy subjects and enjoyed the fruitfulness of this previously great, but uncensored community. In my past experiences, many community members didn't hold opinions that were based in misinformation and actually possessed the skill to have an educated conversation, in which either side could be swayed with fact or blatant observation. My past conversations were filled with critical thinking and opinions based in fact at the start. Now when I log into Voat, all I see is sensationalized titles with articles ripped from highly biased sources, and comments filled with so much emotion, hatred, and bigotry that I am actually contemplating leaving the site. From what I've observed, these users have no capacity for critical thinking and cannot even escape the propaganda that they so often object to. Every time I bravely venture into the comment section I see 4-5 irrational, sensationalized comments at the pinnacle with often >30 upvoats. For a while I contemplated correcting every single person and telling them they're wrong, but on the few occasions I have I have been too late to prevent the spread of misinformation across the site, and I've seen people who are actually correct be downvoated to hell for not using the correct syntax. I fear that the stubbornness of the community will be it's ultimate downfall, killing itself with misinformation faster than Facebook or Reddit. I understand people hold opinions and they have that right, but there is no need to repeatedly vocalize or upvoat a shared opinion if they provide no rationalization with a lack of pragmatic instances to support that opinion. It's not that I don't agree with many of the things said, it's that many times they are blatantly incorrect or simply ludicrous. For now I will stay with Voat in hopes that there is an influx in the community to balance out all the bigotry, but my hopes are not high. END RANT.

TL;DR I liked Voat better when the community actually cared about informing each other and gaining knowledge.