I am the sole developer of the Rock the Voat! iOS app. I've recently been the victim of a series of downvoting and therefore can no longer submit comments in response to this post that was created regarding the app:

https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate/comments/571641

The full truth is that Apple would not allow the app in the App Store without having the default subverses blocked. The exact response I got from Apple is shown at the bottom of this post.

I do realize that the UI for unblocking the default subverses may not be familiar to some new users, so I should have done a better job at describing how that might be done. It can be done by swiping and deleting any blocked subverses in the Settings -> Content -> Blocked Subverses screen or by visiting the subverse by manually entering the name and hitting the action button at the top right.

At this point with all the negative feedback and no real way for me to respond easily to it, I may end up stopping development of the app.