Recently, someone told me that I didn't know about the history of Voat prior to the period where many people joined during the Q rush. I actually joined during the Q rush without even knowing about the Q drops at all. There were some important names mentioned that I didn't know about either.
It would greatly help me if we could summarize the important history of Voat and the users that made this site what it is for the new people who are getting ready to join this community. If anything, I'd like to learn more about my home away from home.
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sakuramboo ago
> Originally called Whoaverse
> Subs were called Subverses (still called that today)
> Atko was original owner
> Name changed to Voat around the time of the first major mass censorship of Reddit
> Atko stepped down and Puttitout took over
> Lots of server problems and DDoS attacks throughout the years
> Members of /v/Linux helped Puttitout migrate many parts of Voat to Linux to help cut costs
> Each major migration wave gets met with our hazing, if you survive, you can stay
> We apparently have some secret investor that no one wants to talk about (most guess its a glow in the dark)
> Canary is died earlier this year
hang_em_high ago
What were all the major migrations? I know FPH was before I got here. I came around the time of the Pizzagate stuff. MDE after that and Q subs.
TheSolutionist ago
I seriously quit Reddit when they banned mde. Now I only visit t_d there, because they literally banned any fucking edgy sub that existed and everything else is just boring.
drj2 ago
mde was one of the only ones that seamlessly fit in to voat
Maggotfeast ago
Cringeanarchy also, they posted all the same content as vote
crazy_eyes ago
those cucks did not seamlessly fit in