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
zxcvzxcv ago
How did the canary work, and how do you know it died?
sakuramboo ago
Official Canary
On the right hand side you can see the Last Edit Time of 6 months ago on 4/25/2019 12:04:41 AM
Also, Putt said in a post that he was contacted and that there could be legal issues from it here.
zxcvzxcv ago
Well, that would explain why the content on voat has gone downhill the last 6 months. I bet the smart goats abandoned ship.