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.
sakuramboo ago
Not in any specific order...
> Ellen Pao's first iron fist
> Gamergate
> Pizzagate
> FPH and that group of subreddits
> T_D getting quarantined (was temporary, most went back)
> There were at least two batches of "racist" subreddits that got banned
Whenever there's a new batch of subreddit bans, there's heavy activity on /v/MeanwhileOnReddit that showcases who got banned.
european ago
first racist sub was probaly /r/coontown. They came and set up shop at /r/niggers @eagleshigh . Then /r/european was probably the next racist sub.
antiracist ago
Member when I posted black on blonde porn as the banner of v/niggers and it stayed like that for like a week? I member.
It was lulz.
@eagleshigh @bojangles @sarmegahhikkitha
european ago
You are @eugenix right?
Antiracist10 ago
No, I'm antiracist.
european ago
Who is antiracist though?
antiracist3 ago
Antiracist is my original name. I only use alts with a number after them, up to 10, because faggot tyrant @PuttItOut only allows my accounts one comment post a day, because pedophile @Crensch and his already army downvoted my accounts to oblivion because he hates free speech. Also, Crensch is an idiot who loves loli porn and child sex dolls.
@eagleshigh @bojangles @sarmegahhikkitha
european ago
How did you manage to change the headers of /v/niggers. That is why I said eugenix. The pinging you do is weird tio
Antiracist4 ago
I wasn't saying you did. I was saying that Voaters have accused me of being other Voaters, who I am not.
I was a mod.
To provide checks and balances to the extremist racist echo chamber. Also, there was this cartoon called Antiracist Hitler that I liked.
@Bojangles is like the only person on Voat I like. @gabara seems cool too.
@eagleshigh was my original nemesis, but we worked things out, and he became my philosophy student. Although, he isn't really that great of a student, as he doesn't read or reply on time, and it has been years and he still hasn't learned elementary logic.
@SarMegahhikkitha was for a time my kike master, until I eventually became convinced that he is an illogical and immoral cult member misologist who acts in bad faith.
Because I have so many accounts, and I don't expect them to read my comment histories of my accounts, I ping them instead.
No.
european ago
Who made you a mod?