Current Events > lmao, Voat is shutting down tomorrow

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FlameTurtle 12/24/20 1:12:49 PM #1:	https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/22/22195115/voat-free-speech-right-wing-reddit-clone-shutdown-investor Voat, an anti-censorship alternative social network thats been described as the alt-right Reddit, is scheduled to shut down on December 25th. Voat co-founder Justin Chastain announced the pending closure yesterday, saying the site had run out of money after an investor defaulted on their contract in March. I personally decided to keep Voat up until after the US election of 2020. Ive been paying the costs out of pocket but now Im out of money, Chastain wrote. Voat was founded in 2014 and hosted Reddit-like forums with minimal moderation. It grew rapidly after Reddit added an anti-harassment policy and banned five subreddits that it said violated the rules, including its infamous r/fatpeoplehate forum. The site set a model for other censorship-free alternatives to mainstream web platforms, a category that grew to include Gab, Parler, and the defunct crowdfunding site Hatreon While these sites often dont take an explicit political stance, theyve attracted a largely far-right user base thats incensed by bigger networks crackdowns. Voat also provided a home for the QAnon conspiracy movement after it was purged from most other platforms. However, Voat faced chronic funding and technical problems, as well as denial-of-service attacks and an apparent warning from law enforcement about threats made on the site. Chastain warned in 2017 that Voat was likely to shut down, but a year later, he announced a partnership with the unnamed investor, keeping the site online. Other alternative social networks have struggled to gain traction as well. Gab migrated to the decentralized Mastodon network in 2019, after a mass shooting by a Gab user prompted PayPal and GoDaddy to sever ties. Parler experienced a massive user influx after the 2020 presidential election, but its momentum slowed rapidly. Voats death has been announced before, and its possible the site will pull through again but its demise looks much more likely this time around. Instead of feeling pity or vengeful, Im 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, Chastain wrote in the farewell post. I love you all. Every single one of you. I hope you all have a life filled with overflowing joy and happiness. Later, after some users speculated that the site had been a sting operation secretly funded by intelligence agencies, Chastain added an addendum. You guys crack me up, even now you accuse me of being Mossad or a honeypot, he wrote. Damned if you do, damned it you dont. Merry Christmas! --- Updated Prediction for the 2020 election: https://www.270towin.com/maps/xGWGg <cite>FlameTurtle posted [p:948713599] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/22/22195115/voat-free-speech-right-wing-reddit-clone-shutdown-investor <quote>Voat, an anti-censorship alternative social network thats been described as the alt-right Reddit, is scheduled to shut down on December 25th. Voat co-founder Justin Chastain announced the pending closure yesterday, saying the site had run out of money after an investor defaulted on their contract in March. I personally decided to keep Voat up until after the US election of 2020. Ive been paying the costs out of pocket but now Im out of money, Chastain wrote. Voat was founded in 2014 and hosted Reddit-like forums with minimal moderation. It grew rapidly after Reddit added an anti-harassment policy and banned five subreddits that it said violated the rules, including its infamous r/fatpeoplehate forum. The site set a model for other censorship-free alternatives to mainstream web platforms, a category that grew to include Gab, Parler, and the defunct crowdfunding site Hatreon While these sites often dont take an explicit political stance, theyve attracted a largely far-right user base thats incensed by bigger networks crackdowns. Voat also provided a home for the QAnon conspiracy movement after it was purged from most other platforms. However, Voat faced chronic funding and technical problems, as well as denial-of-service attacks and an apparent warning from law enforcement about threats made on the site. Chastain warned in 2017 that Voat was likely to shut down, but a year later, he announced a partnership with the unnamed investor, keeping the site online. Other alternative social networks have struggled to gain traction as well. Gab migrated to the decentralized Mastodon network in 2019, after a mass shooting by a Gab user prompted PayPal and GoDaddy to sever ties. Parler experienced a massive user influx after the 2020 presidential election, but its momentum slowed rapidly. Voats death has been announced before, and its possible the site will pull through again but its demise looks much more likely this time around. Instead of feeling pity or vengeful, Im 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, Chastain wrote in the farewell post. I love you all. Every single one of you. I hope you all have a life filled with overflowing joy and happiness. Later, after some users speculated that the site had been a sting operation secretly funded by intelligence agencies, Chastain added an addendum. You guys crack me up, even now you accuse me of being Mossad or a honeypot, he wrote. Damned if you do, damned it you dont.</quote> Merry Christmas! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 12/24/20 1:14:18 PM #2:	Going broke to own the libs. --- Welcome home, shed your skin and expose your bones. Take my hand, follow us into the black so far that we can't get back. <cite>Error1355 posted [p:948713635] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Going broke to own the libs. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Evening_Dragon 12/24/20 1:15:06 PM #3:	maybe stop being wrong and hateful tho --- https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ Guide, it's Guide, it's that Guide <cite>Evening_Dragon posted [p:948713655] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>maybe stop being wrong and hateful tho </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 12/24/20 1:15:08 PM #4:	This place is next --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:948713656] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>This place is next </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Graycap 12/24/20 1:15:37 PM #5:	Really don't get why these sites don't give more than a day of warning before deleting everything. Garbage management. --- Say it on your main. <cite>Graycap posted [p:948713672] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Really don't get why these sites don't give more than a day of warning before deleting everything. Garbage management.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Politics 12/24/20 1:15:44 PM #6:	I noticed that Murdoch Murdoch cartoon also shut down after the election. Is the alt right dead? --- (= <cite>Politics posted [p:948713677] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>I noticed that Murdoch Murdoch cartoon also shut down after the election. Is the alt right dead? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Weezy_Tha_Don 12/24/20 1:29:09 PM #7:	Graycap posted... Really don't get why these sites don't give more than a day of warning before deleting everything. Garbage management. upset youre losing your platform to spew hate speech? --- https://imgur.com/hwZyGuA - courtesy of the homie United_World I speak my mind, cause biting my tongue hurts. <cite>Weezy_Tha_Don posted [p:948714074] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Graycap posted... </cite> <quote>Really don't get why these sites don't give more than a day of warning before deleting everything. Garbage management.</quote> upset youre losing your platform to spew hate speech? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Broseph_Stalin 12/24/20 1:32:41 PM #8:	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. lol <cite>Broseph_Stalin posted [p:948714198] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>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. lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hippocrates 12/24/20 1:36:16 PM #9:	Fucking get got <cite>Hippocrates posted [p:948714299] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Fucking get got </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 12/24/20 1:38:51 PM #10:	Haha, "free speech" warriors lose again. --- I often wonder if we are growing as a people... or in fact, regressing. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:948714372] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Haha, "free speech" warriors lose again. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Axiom 12/24/20 1:42:49 PM #11:	FlameTurtle posted... saying the site had run out of money Nobody saw that coming. Nobody <cite>Axiom posted [p:948714486] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>FlameTurtle posted... </cite> <quote>saying the site had run out of money</quote>Nobody saw that coming. Nobody </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Webmaster4531 12/24/20 2:12:02 PM #13:	SerperiorThanU posted... I looked it up and apparently a lot of other more mild reddit alternatives are already fearing the mass migration from voat and doing things like limiting sign-ups. This reminded apparently Neogaf is an alt-right website now. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:948715333] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>SerperiorThanU posted...</cite><quote>I looked it up and apparently a lot of other more mild reddit alternatives are already fearing the mass migration from voat and doing things like limiting sign-ups.</quote>This reminded apparently Neogaf is an alt-right website now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 12/24/20 2:13:39 PM #14:	Weezy_Tha_Don posted... upset youre losing your platform to spew hate speech? There's always KF, I suppose. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:948715377] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Weezy_Tha_Don posted... </cite> <quote>upset youre losing your platform to spew hate speech?</quote>There's always KF, I suppose. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 12/24/20 2:23:49 PM #15:	Error1355 posted... Going broke to own the libs. --- Who can @ Mention me? -Nobody- "the final thing that set the mods off was a picture of two lions having sex." -boxington <cite>Machete posted [p:948715671] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Error1355 posted... </cite> <quote>Going broke to own the libs.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 12/24/20 2:27:49 PM #17:	If your business model is not sustainable, it's not going to be once venture capitalists demand revenue-enhancement bullshit anyhow. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:948715787] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>If your business model is not sustainable, it's not going to be once venture capitalists demand revenue-enhancement bullshit anyhow. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
E32005 12/24/20 2:28:09 PM #18:	Error1355 posted... Going broke to own the libs. so... DONT GET WOKE, GO BROKE --- https://imgur.com/LAvnefi <cite>E32005 posted [p:948715796] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Error1355 posted... </cite> <quote>Going broke to own the libs.</quote>so... DONT GET WOKE, GO BROKE </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AP3Brain 12/24/20 2:32:07 PM #19:	A site that was created because people weren't allowed to be extremely hateful to fat people and minorities on another platform... Good riddance. I hope it is the future of Parler or any "alternative" speech platforms as well. <cite>AP3Brain posted [p:948715910] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>A site that was created because people weren't allowed to be extremely hateful to fat people and minorities on another platform... Good riddance. I hope it is the future of Parler or any "alternative" speech platforms as well. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
harley2280 12/24/20 2:33:53 PM #20:	AP3Brain posted... A site that was created because people weren't allowed to be extremely hateful to fat people and minorities on another platform... Good riddance. I hope it is the future of Parler or any "alternative" speech platforms as well. It will be if section 230 gets repealed like they're begging for. It's insane that the people crying censorship are trying to repeal something that is going to force sites to be even harsher. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3 <cite>harley2280 posted [p:948715972] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>AP3Brain posted...</cite> <quote>A site that was created because people weren't allowed to be extremely hateful to fat people and minorities on another platform... Good riddance. I hope it is the future of Parler or any "alternative" speech platforms as well.</quote> It will be if section 230 gets repealed like they're begging for. It's insane that the people crying censorship are trying to repeal something that is going to force sites to be even harsher.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Delirious_Beard 12/25/20 2:36:34 AM #21:	go nazi go broke --- https://imgur.com/hLHUnOI You act like I don't know my own way home <cite>Delirious_Beard posted [p:948734528] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>go nazi go broke </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PerseusRad 12/25/20 2:39:34 AM #22:	Man its been a couple of years since I heard the name Voat. I recognized the website name, but completely forgot the context of it --- https://imgur.com/EUkIomS <cite>PerseusRad posted [p:948734572] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Man its been a couple of years since I heard the name Voat. I recognized the website name, but completely forgot the context of it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 12/25/20 2:51:51 AM #23:	are we seriously not doing "and nothing of value was lost" anymore? --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! In recognition of your overwhelming victory, let's call it a draw. <cite>Medussa posted [p:948734753] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>are we seriously not doing "and nothing of value was lost" anymore? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Flauros 12/25/20 2:58:30 AM #24:	They are just going to go back to reddit and fuck with the far left or anti white subs again until a major alternative it chosen. --- https://imgur.com/iQep35u https://imgur.com/nhHkg9L https://imgur.com/A3kur0P https://imgur.com/Hj9RrC6 <cite>Flauros posted [p:948734851] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>They are just going to go back to reddit and fuck with the far left or anti white subs again until a major alternative it chosen. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Graycap 12/25/20 7:16:56 AM #25:	Weezy_Tha_Don posted... upset youre losing your platform to spew hate speech? I've never used that website clown, I'm commenting on the general failure of site administrators to give users warning before shutting everything down. I don't care what the site is for. --- Say it on your main. <cite>Graycap posted [p:948737766] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Weezy_Tha_Don posted...</cite> <quote> upset youre losing your platform to spew hate speech? </quote> I've never used that website clown, I'm commenting on the general failure of site administrators to give users warning before shutting everything down. I don't care what the site is for.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
skermac 12/25/20 7:18:17 AM #26:	this topic is the first ive heard of voat --- To the edge of the universe and back, endure and survive <cite>skermac posted [p:948737787] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>this topic is the first ive heard of voat </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
cousinvini 12/25/20 7:24:36 AM #27:	The great evil is defeated <cite>cousinvini posted [p:948737851] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>The great evil is defeated </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheRealDill2000 12/25/20 8:33:00 AM #28:	Medussa posted... are we seriously not doing "and nothing of value was lost" anymore? The site did have value to a number of people. --- CE's source of sage-ly advice Not changing this signature until the Buffalo Bills win the 2020 Super Bowl <cite>TheRealDill2000 posted [p:948738763] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Medussa posted...</cite> <quote>are we seriously not doing "and nothing of value was lost" anymore?</quote> The site did have value to a number of people.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The23rdMagus 12/25/20 9:39:26 AM #29:	TheRealDill2000 posted... The site did have value to a number of people. And those people hold no value to me. --- ~Drewnami~ A beacon of Light from a burning screen. <cite>The23rdMagus posted [p:948739830] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>TheRealDill2000 posted... </cite> <quote>The site did have value to a number of people.</quote>And those people hold no value to me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doom_Art 12/25/20 9:46:32 AM #30:	FlameTurtle posted... Gab, Parler, and the defunct crowdfunding site Hatreon they really do fucking suck at naming their sites holy christ --- Not removing this until Mega Man 64 is released on the Wii Virtual Console. Started on: 12/1/2009 https://imgur.com/mPvcy <cite>Doom_Art posted [p:948739963] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>FlameTurtle posted... </cite> <quote>Gab, Parler, and the defunct crowdfunding site Hatreon</quote>they really do fucking suck at naming their sites holy christ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
legendary_zell 12/25/20 9:53:50 AM #31:	The site was an actual wretched hive of scum and villiany. It was populated entirely by people who make believing in white genocide and coming up with increasingly wild anti-Jewish conspiracies the center of their world view. It was pure hatred, victim complexes, and calls for genocide in every post, no matter what it's about. Some don't want to acknowledge it, but there's legitimate actual Nazis and neo-Confederates out there. --- I gotta be righteous, I gotta be me, I gotta be conscious, I gotta be free, I gotta be able, I gotta attack, I gotta be stable, I gotta be black. <cite>legendary_zell posted [p:948740092] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>The site was an actual wretched hive of scum and villiany. It was populated entirely by people who make believing in white genocide and coming up with increasingly wild anti-Jewish conspiracies the center of their world view. It was pure hatred, victim complexes, and calls for genocide in every post, no matter what it's about. Some don't want to acknowledge it, but there's legitimate actual Nazis and neo-Confederates out there. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
cymbaline 12/25/20 9:54:00 AM #32:	And nothing of value was lost. --- Please wake me. <cite>cymbaline posted [p:948740099] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>And nothing of value was lost. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
cjsdowg 12/25/20 9:58:21 AM #33:	r/fatpeoplehate ? So was this a place where people would just insult fat people ? OR was there something more to it. --- NO I don't support Trump Bender: Well, everybody, I just saved a turtle. What have you done with your lives? <cite>cjsdowg posted [p:948740171] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>r/fatpeoplehate ? So was this a place where people would just insult fat people ? OR was there something more to it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Graycap 12/25/20 10:07:35 AM #34:	Doom_Art posted... they really do fucking suck at naming their sites holy christ Good lord yeah these all sound like names for forums of middle-aged fashion enthusiasts. Except Hatreon, which is just unoriginal and edgy. --- Say it on your main. <cite>Graycap posted [p:948740348] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>Doom_Art posted...</cite> <quote> they really do fucking suck at naming their sites holy christ </quote> Good lord yeah these all sound like names for forums of middle-aged fashion enthusiasts. Except Hatreon, which is just unoriginal and edgy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 12/25/20 10:50:04 AM #35:	TheRealDill2000 posted... The site did have value to a number of people. As a progressive did it hold value to you? <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:948741291] in lmao, Voat... [t:79196858]...</cite> <quote>TheRealDill2000 posted... </cite> <quote>The site did have value to a number of people.</quote>As a progressive did it hold value to you? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > lmao, Voat is shutting down tomorrow