Announcement. Hello all, as I'm sure you're aware there has been a lot that's happened over the last few days. Before we get into all of that, I'm sure there are a lot of questions regarding the moderation here. I say that because I've noticed this post here and figured it was best to address everything as soon as possible. Before fph was shut down, this was voat's version of fph and we did try and make it it's own entity. Obviously with the recent turn of events it has turned into a back-up for Reddit's fph. The first thing I want everyone to be clear of is the rules. The rules here will be identical to /r/fatpeoplehate. There will be no tolerance of fat sympathy of any kind, and it has been that way from the start here. There will however be leniency towards meta and off-topic posts given the circumstances right now. While several of the /r/fatpeoplehate mods are also moderators here, the last I heard from them was a message asking me to give them the head mod position. There are several problems with the way voat's moderation system works, and one of them is that the only way to transfer the head mod position is through a successful /v/subverserequest. Additionally, while I appreciate that this is now the new stomping grounds for many /r/fatpeoplehate residents, I still wish to retain my postion. That said, I will still mod any previous moderator from /r/fatpeoplehate here if they wish. Obviously the final thing to address is whether I am fat or not. I will be publicly verifying myself in the moderator application thread which I will be putting up in a few hours. This will be expected from all new mods.  Edit: I've verified everyone who followed the instructions in the sidebar properly. Properly does not include messaging me your verification instead of the flair account.