There has been an increasing number of content that is bordering or crossing the lines concerning making "threats." So much so that we have been formally contacted regarding some content. We are better than this.
I'm not a lawyer, and you're not a lawyer, and it isn't Voat's place to defend illegal content. We don't have a staff to review content and don't have a team of lawyers dedicated to deciding what is and isn't lawful. I'm not also into endlessly debating what is and isn't legal as subjects like this often devolve into when everyone at the party is an "internet expert."
We have to deal with this issue and if content is in the grey area, we are going to remove it upon request. We also have to cooperate with law enforcement, I hope everyone fully understands that we are not attempting to operate outside of the law. Voat's purpose is to provide a collusion and censorship free place for discussion, not taking on a government.
It's easy to avoid this entire area: Word content maturely, avoid implicit and explicit language concerning the involvement of violence and the content won't be in question. Simple, so very simple.
After this post there will most likely be "users" testing this line and hoping we remove their content in order to claim censorship on Voat. This is just how things like this work. Don't fall for this Voat. It would be simply incredible if we just worked together on this instead of the typical shit storm posts like this usually generate.
As a reminder: Voat is for your personal, lawful use. See it here: https://voat.co/help/useragreement
That's all. Thanks for reading. Carry on.
Edit:
ProTip: I decided to post this before anything legal would prevent me from doing so. I have a feeling I know where this is going to lead.
I've also updated the canary to reflect this as well (this may be the last time that little guy gets an update, we will just have to wait and see).
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NotHereForPizza ago
Can we finally get to the bottom of who ever it was that threatened @srayzie so they can finally quit trying to fucking frame me so that no one listens to what I say?
Also, are we going to get you, Putt, to condemn people like @TexasVet, @tendiesonfloor, etc. Who are promoting violence nearly daily? We all know FEDs post here regularly, whether it be blaming X group for Y problem, promoting violence like mentioned before, or LARPing as Nazis so people won't take Voat seriously, but good fuck this is happening more and more and there's no way you're naive enough to let someone convince you these problems won't both persist and amplify.
I know I haven't always been very upfront with you, Putt, and especially plenty of the user base here, but if anyone thinks I'm someone other than just a normal guy who's unendingly concerned with free speech and the expansion of Truth, you've let some idiot here convince you that I'm something that I'm certainly not. Sure, some of us here disagree about some things (which is entirely healthy you morans), but that doesn't mean I'm a shill or some disinfo agent. Obviously I'm not always honest, but I think if we're going to put me and others like I've mentioned on a scale, I think being dishonest to protect myself or market information or some other variant comes out pretty low on the scale of probability to cause future issues, especially if we compare what I've done to promoting violence, trying to set narratives (what's the point of doing that in an echo chamber anyway?), or LARPing as things that disgust your average user of these kinds of sites entirely on purpose, whether it be to prevent honest perspectives from forming about this place or to specifically establish the user base here as extreme so when someone inevitably frames someone on this site and thereby the site (or owner(s)) itself they'll be easily condemned so that freedoms can be encroached upon.
I'm tired of seeing you let all of these things go unnoticed, Putt. I obviously appreciate your giving us this platform to use, but you avoiding or ignoring these things, if it hasn't already, ought to make your user base extremely paranoid. There's no way you don't know plenty of shills and FEDs occupy this place and while my position here is meaningless and therefore my demands have and likely will go unnoticed, I can't stay silent about this shit much longer and especially in a public way with you.
SandHog ago
You know what, fuck you. I'm tired of seeing your bitchy ass whine. That's all you seem to do. You're the biggest fucking jew I've seen on here and that's saying a lot. This post is a sterling example of that. You are admitting to being a lying, duplicitous faggot and yet you somehow think people are going to believe anything you have to say. Seems to me you brought all of this upon yourself. Are you really this fucking stupid? I find that hard to believe.
If your position here is as meaningless as you allege then just go the fuck away. Noone cares about you and your mental disorders. Alternatively, go public with whatever dumb bullshit you claim you can expose. I don't give a shit and I don't think anyone else gives a shit either. I'm just sick and fucking tired of listening to you bitch you dumb nigger.
NotHereForPizza ago
You seem to have an alterior motive.
I don't think you understand what I'm admitting to "lying" about. I sometimes don't tell the truth or my words aren't genuine, yes. This is done for many reasons, primarily so that it's harder to pin your vernacular arsenal down, harder to establish patterns (which can also be used in an alternative way, too), and harder to find out what sections of what someone says are true or not.
I understand this isn't something you can fully grasp with ease. But, some of us are rather... seasoned, we'll say.
What I meant, to be a little more specific, is that I've been both outwardly helpful and antagonizing of Putt. I don't have to explain my reasons to you, but I've surmised that since Putt hasn't responded to me in a while that he either assumes I'm insincere or trying to take advantage of him. I'm letting him know that that first part is true - I'm not sincere, at least not all of the time. If you can't accept this, that's not a problem for me. I didn't come here for the people that don't want to listen to what I say, I came here for the curious ones or the ones that I can assist in developing curiosity in.
If all you see in my posts is me whining, you're certainly glimpsing at the surface of what I'm saying. Just go a step or two further. Who am I responding to? What have they recently said to me? Do they have any particular public affiliations? What types of things do they regularly discuss? I'm sure someone that cares and doesn't make silly and hurried judgements, like yourself, would understand if they looked a little deeper.
Also, for the record, I've been notified that I'm not the only person that this has happened to.
Your cute gaslighting is not effective, by the way.
SandHog ago
My case in point.
That's rich. I'm just calling it like I see it and if you have an issue with that you can shove it up your ass or do a million other things with it. I don't care. You already admitted to being a lying faggot so nothing you say really matters to me at all.
NotHereForPizza ago
Have you ever lied to make someone feel better, or do words only have one meaning, misunderstandings are irredeemable and the world shallow and rigid?
I'm extremely confident that if people take the time to pay attention they'll come to understand what I've done and I'm also very certain that they won't decide that I'm some lying asshole like you try to paint me as.
People that are smarter than you have to be dishonest at times so that being able to conduct your their will is easier. You can get upset about it or you can accept that people out there are more competent than you are like a big boy.
I don't care how you feel about it. Stop wasting my time whining like a pubescent child.
SandHog ago
Nope. Not since I was a child.
You admitted as such. Yet I have not seen one time you've ever presented any evidence that supports your position.
Lol. You don't know a fucking thing about me.
Says the faggot that never presents any evidence of anything but continues to act like the victim. I've seen the evidence against you. It comes up often enough. How about you provide some evidence that backs up what you re saying? All you do is cry to Putt and he ignores you. If the injustice was so great as you make it out to be there ought to be some evidence that supports your claims. So how about it? If you've been so wrongfully accused it should be simple enough to discredit.
srayzie ago
He’s bored with no life. What a fucking loser. I can’t imagine living my life like he does.