Voat mechanics Plain Text
("CCP"=upvotes/downvotes on your comments, "SCP"=upvotes/downvotes on your links/selfposts) -If you have less than 22 CCP, you have 10 votes, otherwise you have CCP/2 votes. -You can't downvote unless you have 100+ CCP. -Each vote has its own separately tracked 24-hour cooldown. -Each IP address can only vote on something once. -Each IP address can only create one account. -If an account has downvoted as many submissions as it has upvoted, it can't downvote any more submissions. -If an account has downvoted as many comments as it has upvoted, it can't downvote any more comments. -If an account has -10 CCP or -10 SCP, it can only post three links/selfposts per day, and only three comments per day. -If an account has less than 25 CCP, it must solve a CAPTCHA to post a link/selfpost. -If an account is less than 31 days old and has less than 50 SCP, it can only post 3 links/selfposts per hour, and only 5 links/selfposts per 24 hours. -An account can only post 3 links/selfposts to a single sub per hour, and only 10 links/selfposts to a single sub per 24 hours. -An account can only own 10 subs. -An account can only post a link/selfpost to the same URL twice per day. (This is the "cross-posting limit".) -Posts and comments in anonymized subs cannot be upvoted or downvoted. -Comments cannot be downvoted if they were made over a week ago.