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What happened to VOAT?
posted 3 years ago by xolotltlaloc 3 years ago by xolotltlaloc +16 / -0

Does anyone know VOAT's backstory? What happened? Why did they shut down? Does anyone know who was / how to contact the owner?

Cheers

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– brahbruh 4 points 3 years ago +5 / -1

I was contemplating launching a replacement for Voat when it closed, but I waited until early December 2020 to bring the idea up, and even though people were receptive, by then it was so late in the game and a couple others has already gotten clones off the ground, so I didn't bother. Voat was so great, but rather than launching crowd funding they decided to close it JUST when it was about to be needed the very most. I was highly suspicious of this timing, especially when coupled with the knowledge that vote was the official Q stomping grounds. The whole thing felt like an operation, in hindsight.

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– xolotltlaloc [S] 2 points 3 years ago +3 / -1

actually, wikipedia was surprisingly insightful:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voat

Swiss-based. Changed to US:

"Switzerland seemed like a great option in the beginning, but when it comes to freedom of speech, the main idea behind Voat, U.S. law by far beats every other candidate country we’ve researched."

founders:

  • Atif Colo

  • Justin Chastain

Ran out of money.

I wonder how many people used the site.... gui was always meh but the content/community was getting pretty good there at the end... ironically / tragically.

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– TallestSkil 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

literally millions in bitcoin

ran out of money

Mhmm, sure.

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– VanillaBean 2 points 3 years ago +2 / -0

Totally forgot about voat, went there to read the discussions with the pizzagate maps and such, the rabbit hole just went on forever

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– dukey 1 point 3 years ago +2 / -1

It just moved. Try voat.xyz or talk.lol

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– MotivatedCheese 2 points 3 years ago +2 / -0

this is not true

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– Kimball_Kinnison 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0

Seems to be a Voat clone rather than “moved."

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– MotivatedCheese 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

yes

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– dukey 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

It's more or less true. The actual story was more complicated. Putitout basically shut down the site. I think he had done with all the hassle of trying to run and keep alive a free speech platform. There was also an issue of funding. Running these sites is expensive. But I believe a 3rd party contributed a fair sum of money to keep the site 'alive'. But I think it was basically a poison pill. I believe the money came with strings attached (maybe moderation) but this I think ultimately contributed to the demise of the site.

But most the user base itself just migrated to a new home, which is voat.xyz or later rebranded to talk.lol, some probably ended on poal.co

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– MotivatedCheese 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

The site “moving” means that whoever owned it retained ownership. The other sites are just clones.

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– dukey 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

The site really was the community, and the community just moved. But yeah I get your point. Putitout while technically the owner was barely present in the last year before he shut it down.

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– MotivatedCheese 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

Yeah the community didn’t all move together to the same place man.

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– Lasereyes 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

nah, that voat is jew infested already

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– MotivatedCheese 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

Why? There was no like, legitimate reason given. Basically just got crucified on Christmas of all days. I think atko is running a left reddit clone. No idea what happened to putt.

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– Oldmancountry17 1 point 3 years ago +2 / -1

My conspiracy is that it was tied to jan6. The owners got wind and gave everyone a Christmas present, shutting it down, forcing Them to go to plan b, without a base to blame it on.

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– TallestSkil 4 points 3 years ago +7 / -3

Q-LARP isn’t real. The ZOG emperor is a traitor. No one is coming to save you. It was always a hoax. There was no narrative. There was no plan. There are no white hats. January 6 had nothing behind it.

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– Oldmancountry17 5 points 3 years ago +6 / -1

Correct.

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– jc99ta 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

I've been liking this place. Similar vibe

https://www.voat.xyz/

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– Lasereyes 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

they spammed it with childporn.

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– deleted 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

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