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
Not_Your_Normal_Goat ago
Can you explain the Canary in the coal mine to me? What was it and how did it die?
sakuramboo ago
Here is the canary. The canary is to be updated monthly. If any of those requests or gag orders come in, the canary stops being updated. While the G can prevent you from talking, they can't force you to lie or make you update the canary. So, when a few months go by and the canary isn't updated, it lets the users know they something happened.
When you go to the link of the canary, you can see on the right hand side when the last update happened. Which means it's been 6 months since there was an update, meaning we were sent either a gag order or private information request.
Not_Your_Normal_Goat ago
I'm on mobile and cand see the last edit date. But thanks for the explanation.
sakuramboo ago
Yes you can. On the left hand side is a three line menu. Click that and a side window will slide open and you can see the information.