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Voat has shutdown Voat was sacrificed on December 25th, 2020 at 12 noon PST You can read why here: https://searchvoat.co/lannouncements/4169936 And he said unto them, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15 tm DE

I Can't Keep It Up (announcements) 473 submitted 9.3 hours ago by PuttltOut It's embarrassing but it's true, I just can't keep it up. I've tried meditation, I've tried prayer, I've tried reaching out for help. Some solutions worked for a little while but nothing has remedied the underlying issue. No matter what I do, I simply just can't keep it up. I expect most will be disappointed and let down, while others will just point and laugh. So be it, it's a problem every man like me will face at some point. One thing is true though, while I kept it up, it was glorious in many ways. It was the hardest (website to corrupt with CCP rules), it was the biggest (bundle of laughs ever. 4chan raids us and we didn't even notice), it was bulging (with red pills and truth that you can't find anywhere else), it was throbbing (with people eager to teach others the deception of the world). It's so great in so many ways that it has a list of haters who will be extremely aroused by this post. I know I'm going to get a hundred PMs from all of Voat's hottest girls (Voat has some hot women, fact) with tips and tricks on how to help me keep it up. While I appreciate the concern and the offers of lending me a hand, we're just going to have accept the situation for what it is- it's just not going to be much fun for anyone. Is (end of sarcasm) What happened I fight not being bitter and resentful. You see, this wasn't supposed to happen, at least not now. The short of it is that the "Angel" defaulted on the contract in March 2020. This is when Voat lost all of it's funding. I personally decided to keep Voat up until after the U.S. election of 2020. I've been paying the costs out of pocket but now I'm out of money. A New Perspective Instead of feeling pity or vengeful, I'm instead going to celebrate the fact that Voat stayed up for so long. In my opinion, Voat is and will always be the biggest dysfunctional family on the internet. Voat users were much more intimate with each other than other sites (chances are you have a handful of enemies and a handful of friends that you can list by name at a moment's notice). Voat always had a better community dynamic than any other site on the internet. Considering everything, Voat was untouchable. There will never be another Voat and each of us had the opportunity to enjoy it. That's awesome. Some say life is worth it all if you can help just one single person. In this way I know Voat was worth it because you guys have changed thousands and thousands of people's hearts and minds. You've made so many people aware of the lies taught as truth and the truth taught as conspiracy. It's beautiful. What a great thing. I love you all. Every single one of you. I hope you all have a life filled with overflowing joy and happiness. So many of you have been so selfless over the years, helping in so many ways. My heart is just touched when I think of all the good that was generated. F------ love you guys (Say it in a slurred drunken voice). Another great thing is that we stayed true over here on our end. Atko and I never betrayed our users. Never once. In fact, I can list example of example of how we ended up doing the right thing over what we wanted to do or what we felt like doing. I've come to find that doing the right thing is often the hardest thing. But we did it. We didn't sell out and we passed the test. The Sacrifice I will lay Voat upon the cross on December 25th 2020 at 12 noon PST. I have chosen Christmas as the day to do so in honor of the only True thing you will find in this world and that is Jesus Christ, the son of God, and the only way to the Father. I chose 12 noon in honor of the twelve disciples who spread the message of salvation to the world. In this way, my hope is that perhaps 12 people will carry the cross for Freedom of Speech and sacrifice part of their lives for an ideal in the way I did, but hopefully with much more success, glory, and reward. The Triumph of Defeat It seems like a great time to share one of my favorite quotes, so I will leave it here. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. For those who I've let down, please forgive me. I'm sorry Atko. I love you like a brother. Edit: • You guys crack me up, even now you accuse me of being mossad or a honey pot. If I keep it up or shut it down I'm the same thing. Damned if you do, damned it you don't. Trust me, I want to drop every dirty detail about the Angel and the act of betrayal that Voat has suffered. But it is written: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay", saith the Lord. Romans 12:19 & Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done." Proverbs 24:29 • The secret reality of the world we live in is that winners and losers are chosen by the power structure. If you don't play the game, you don't get any prizes (aka $$$). Shutting down is the consequence of not compromising ideals. I chose a noble death. 1604 comments

after being banned multiple times for normal male behaviour, I troll blizzard games as a trans personK 213 (gaming) submitted 2 days ago by enlightenedmaster I was banned many times, for the simple act of correcting a persons bad play in over watch and heros of the storm. It usually starts with a silence and a vague warning about the code of conduct. The obvious driving force is that they want to suppress masculine men, and also ban out accounts so that they do not have to serve them, or you have to spend more money to get a new equipped account. for the past 2 months I have been very toxic and passive aggressive, but I have pretended to be a trans man or woman.. I have played well, im really good at games... but just been a total a------. people hate it but everyone is scared to say anything and if l've been reported blizzard gives zero f---- cause i'm "trans." it might red pill people... who knows, but its strange that being a real man and saying a certain move or strat in a game is a wrong. is a offense worthy of a ban, but being a trans person you can harass people openly, and be a total p------------ and not even get a single warning should I keep going? Do i even have a choice, since if i am my normal male self they will ban me for being toxic? 186 comments

A H PaulBSmith -28 points (+41-32) 13 hours ago F--- you, f--- Putt, and f--- the rest of the Voaters. Putt willingly hosts a website that contains racist, sexist, and transphobic garbage, and you act like this is normal? You act like this is a healthy community where people can speak their minds? Don't make me laugh. In my time here, I have been called a n-----, a k---, a t-----, and so much more, simply because I'm trying to speak the truth about Donald Trump. Claiming that there's no censorship on Voat is a f------ joke; I was limited to 10 posts from the moment I joined this website, and I cannot post any threads in order to share my opinion. Voat is a prime example of why Trump's ideology is so dangerous. People like you try to marginalize your opposition by calling them "fake news" or "SJWs" to justify censorship, and before you know it, you turn into a full-fledged fascist movement, just like the Nazis. 2017 has been another terrible year. In just one year since Donald Trump became president, neo-Nazis openly roam the streets, our Internet and our tax code have been destroyed for decades, and the world views our once-great country as a complete joke. The tides are turning-Donald Trump only has a 32% approval rating, and Newsweek states that he is the least popular president ever-but Trump's idiocy has set this country back decades. It truly shows how fragile the white man is when eight years as a black president causes him to destroy everything. F--- white men, they truly are the scourge of this country I was taught to wish goodwill on everyone, but I'll make an exception for Voat. F--- you, PuttitOut.I hope your house burns down for the holidays and you become homeless, you racist f--- permalink parent save source reply report H Your comment won't be deleted here. permalink parent save source reply report A PuttltOut [S] 42 points (+431-1) 13 hours ago

Google voat All News ImagesVideos Shopping More Settings Tools Past Week▼ Sorted by relevance▼ All results▼ Clear Goodbye and Good Riddance to Voat, Reddit's Gross Clone - Gizmodo gizmodo.com/goodbye-and-good-riddance-to-voat-reddits-gross-clone-1795337099 ▼ 3 days ago - That site was a knockoff called Voat which was identical in purpose and design, only its founding communities were groups like v/FatPeopleHate and the Voat - have your say https://voat.co/ ▼ 4 days ago- a community platform where you can have your say. No censorship V/all New Share a link Random NSFW Subverse Top stories In another victory for humanity, the far right alternative to Reddit is dying Goodbye and Good Riddance to Voat, Reddit's Gross Clone They're so mad that we 'offend' them | whatever Gizmodo 3 days ago The AV Club 2 days ago Voat 14 hours ago

If you were to meet Hitler, what would you say to him? submitted 1 hour ago by Creative_voat_user 50 comments save source (self AskVoat) 15 H CHAIRMAN PAO 28 points (+281-0) 1 hour ago In the future, for a brief period in time I will be more hated than you permalink save source reply report spam H patman21 0 points (+01-0) 0 hours ago Wow, this thread was won quickly. permalink parent save source reply hotmusician 15 points(+151-0)1 hour ago report spam Dude, no time to explain, I'm from the future. And I want you to change the Nazi symbol from Swastika to abitn apple. You dont need to worry why" permalink save source reply report spam

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Voat (stylized as ▼O▲T) is a social news aggregation website where community members can submit and vote on a variety of online news and media content using a similar functionality utilized by other popular news aggregators like Reddit and Digg.

History

In April 2014, two computer science and economics students from the University of Zurich in Switzerland launched the site WhoaVerse as a hobby project. In December 2014, the site changed its name to Voat and moved the domain to Voat.co.

First Reddit Exodus

On February 7th, 2015, Redditor metaredditcancer posted a comment^[11] accusing a group of moderators from the /r/Shitredditsays subreddit and a few corrupt Reddit administrators of organizing a cabal to promote radical feminist beliefs and censor opposing viewpoints across the website. In response, many Reddit users promoted Voat as a free speech alternative to Reddit. On February 9th, the Voat team participated in an "ask me anything" (AMA) post on the Voat announcements board.^[12] In the thread, the team responded to a question asking if they considered themselves "social justice warriors":

"We are not SJW and don't plan on becoming it. Also (luckily for us), no SJW girlfriends ;) We believe in freedom of speech as an inherent value in human communication and will do the utmost to uphold this principle on Voat."

In February 18th, 2015, The Washington Post^[13] reported that many Reddit users had abandoned the site following the post and were moving to Voat.

Second Reddit Exodus

On June 10th, 2015, Reddit administrators announced^[14] they had removed /r/fatpeoplehate and four other subreddits “based on their harassment of individuals.” Within 24 hours, the announcement post had a score of “0” and over 28,600 comments, many of which expressed dismay with the decision to ban the subreddit. In retaliation, users flooded the site with replacement fat shaming subreddits, with each being banned shortly after creation. Throughout the dat, the front page of /r/all/ was overrun with fat shaming images, posts criticizing the /r/fatpeoplehate ban and posts denouncing Reddit CEO Ellen Pao. Additionally, many Redditors promoting moving to Voat in protest of the subreddit removal. For the next 48 hours, Voat servers went down due to the large influx of new users.^[15] In the coming days, several news site published articles about the exodus to Voat, including Wired,^[8] IBI Times^[9] and Gizmodo.^[10]

Voat @voatco Seguir 지..', Voat is back up. You guys killed it and you guys brought it back to life with your donations. It was a long, hard day, but this is exciting! 15: 44-12 jun 2015 다 78 ★ 174

DDoS attack

On June 14th, Voat tweeted that their website was being hit by a DDoS attack, which lasted for nearly 24 hours.

Third Reddit Exodus

On June 2, 2015, the events of the AMAgeddon brought another wave of unsatisfied Reddit users to the site, making the site another time go offline. The team stated that they will "fight to the last penny in order to keep Voat alive".^[16]

Features

The site is divided into different community boards called "subverses," with each dedicated to a specific topic and containing its own set of rules. Voat users can submit content to a subverse, which is subsequently voted upon by the community to determine its placement on the board's front page. If a post received a significant amount of upvotes, it may be featured on the front page of Voat.

Traffic

As for June 2015, Voat has an Alexa^[5] 11,119 rank in United States and has received over 96,000 registered users.^[6]

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Voat – Main Page

^[2] Voat – WhoaVerse is changing name

^[3] Voat – About Page

^[4] ITworld – Reddit censorship results in mass exodus to Voat.co

^[5] Alexa – Voat's Alexa page

^[6] Twitter – Registered users

^[7] Wikipedia – Voat

^[8] Wired – Reddit in revolt over anti-harrassment policy enforcement

^[9] International Business Times – What Is Voat? Reddit FatPeopleHate Ban Has Users Migrate To Unmoderated Space, Complain On Twitter

^[10] Gizmodo – Fat-Hating Redditors Flee to Voat, Overload Servers, Demand Bitcoin

^[11] Reddit – /u/metaredditcancer comment

^[12] Voat – We are the team behind Voat ask us anything!

^[13] Washington Post – The Reddit exodus is a perfect illustration of the state of free speech on the Web

^[14] Reddit – Removing harassing subreddits

^[15] Twitter – voatco

^[16] TwitLonger – twitlonger

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