TL;DR: Voat is a CIA honeypot* (The Magic 8ball said so in chat so this is basically a fact.)
Voat has always been a wild ride. Community meltdowns over censorship standards to having our hosts terminate agreements to having our legitimate payment processors terminate our service without valid reason. One thing with Voat is that there is a surprise around every corner, each new day brings a separate set of challenges, and the hurdles are never ending and as far as the eye can see.
One thing I find interesting is the generational change with users. Each year Voat cycles a user base much the same way that humans do, and with each new generation the past is further forgotten. I always find it interesting that there are many currently that don’t have the slightest idea who SaneGoat or Amalek were.
I say this because many find it confusing that Voat is locked down right now (Authorized Only and Registrations are disabled). They simply don’t understand how an “internet site” can do such “ass backwards” things when every other website is focused on growth and user numbers. With Voat, sometimes things just work out in the best ways possible, completely unforeseen in the beginning.
Voat has been attacked via DDOS two times now by professionals. They are professionals because both the scale and methods employed are nothing less than professional. The first attack of this caliber used website end-points that were expensive and not widely known (a normal user seldom navigates to these areas of the website). In response we made changes and discontinued publishing code to our github repo. This was a defensive move. This latest attack was responsive in that they were monitoring Voat. When I turned Voat off, they stopped sending traffic, but within minutes of enabling Voat, they continued their assault.
In response to this dynamic nature, the only thing I could do was to prevent the botnet from being able to function how it was. I accomplished this by requiring Authorized Only access as typical DDOS attacks on a smaller site like Voat don’t usually come with advanced planning (e.g. creating accounts). Based on their persistence and monitoring I had to disable registrations because that would be their next move to get around the first.
Now fast-forward to CloudFlare, which recently made news for doing something they promised they’d never do again, terminating customer service. They terminated 8chan and while that is horrible in and of itself, they did it in the most callous way possible by giving them mere hours’ notice. They terminated abruptly to inflict the most pain possible, which speaks volumes of the character of that organization.
Meanwhile the anti-truth, anti-freedom, anti-free speech advocates that dominate our internet media reveled in their victory, they were already looking for an additional trophy to add to their collection.
This is where I think the hand of God works in mysterious ways. They next came after Voat, but because of the recent attacks, Voat was inaccessible to those without accounts, thus giving them zero content in which to twist and distort in order to pressure a company like CloudFlare (now that they know it works). You can call this happenstance, but it has happened so many times during Voat’s history that I simply cannot accept it isn’t by design. This is where the generational history comes into play, because new goats don’t see how many times over the past 5 years online that Voat has ended up on top from a defeated position.
I tell you all this, because hardship and challenges chisel the character of man, but life never promises an easy ride. Trust that standing for truth yields the favor of God (and trust in God himself you atheists!) and even in defeat you will have victory.
Voat has a lot of decisions to make now. Big decisions.
Writing custom software from scratch is already a daunting task, we now also have to contend with an environment that is growing increasingly hostile to basic rights of human communication. They won’t stop, and they can’t stop, because the Truth always wins in the end, and Truth isn’t on their side. It will be a fight each and every day going forward. Prepare.
To the weak: Leave. This isn't a fight for cowards or ladyboys.
I don’t know where this will all end but Voat will do the noble thing and continue standing for principles that are the right of every man and child: the freedom of expression, to be free in thought, to live as free men.
*Let's make a list of everyone who stopped reading at this point and commented "I KNEW IT! I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG! PUTT WAS REPLACED!"
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enormousatom ago
I miss @amalek. Sanegoat... Not so much.
Mumbleberry ago
Psst. (dial indicator)
tokui ago
(((tallest shill)))
spaceman84 ago
Man, he's alright. Maybe an aspie, but he hates kikes as much as anyone.
Tallest_Skil ago
Hi, coward. How about you prove your libel? I’ll wait.
WickedVocalist ago
Why do you dedicate your life to printing up debt sheet judgements out of thin air??
We do have a first ammendment and a fourth ammendment and intrusion can be digital.
Tallest_Skil ago
Or… you could prove your claims when you make them instead of being a subhuman coward. How’s that hard to comprehend, moishe?
Doesn’t exist anymore.
Doesn’t exist anymore.
And? I don’t see anyone stopping them.
WickedVocalist ago
Lol. You are not convincing me.
Tallest_Skil ago
I don’t care about you or your feelings. What I said is fact.
tokui ago
It's not libel if it's true.
Prove it's not.
Tallest_Skil ago
Thanks for admitting that it’s libel. Reported for violating US law.
YouveSeenTheButcher ago
Calling on the Law so soon? That's pretty damn jewish of you.
It's his opinion. And to tip things even further in his favor, you seem to already have a less than good reputation here.
Besides that, the real reason your full of shit is because nobody knows who you really are.
If you really want to seek retribution for libel you'll have to tell us your real name. Then you'll have to prove the person you're suing knew who you were at the time of the accused libel.
You are a kike for impotently threatening legal action.
Go ask a lawyer about this particlular case...
I'LL WAIT.
Tallest_Skil ago
Kill yourself, coward.
It’s objectively wrong. Cry harder about it.
So who the fuck are you and what do you have to add to the discussion?
Great argument. Why not run back to tumblr with that one.
YouveSeenTheButcher ago
Ths is all within the context of your legal threats. Am I to assume you don't understand how important context is in legal proceedings?
You have to prove that his opinion is objectively wrong. Until then, his opinion being objectively wrong, is your opinion.
Tallest_Skil ago
Okay, kill yourself. You’re not intelligent enough to be considered human.
Peacethroughpower ago
What law?
Tallest_Skil ago
Come on, man, try harder.
Peacethroughpower ago
It's not a crime in the us
Tallest_Skil ago
Try harder.
Peacethroughpower ago
No u queer
tokui ago
Kek.
Or, Cok, you faggot.
Tallest_Skil ago
Thanks for admitting you were wrong.
tokui ago
Who joo talkin to?
DANKE_ST_GHIDORAH ago
He's my favorite. Knows everything, does nothing. The perfect paradox.
Tallest_Skil ago
You’re my favorite illiterate here. If you were capable of reading what I write, you’d see how retarded you are and how cowardly you’re being.
Goat-Master-5001 ago
Who's not capable of reading what you write?
You copy and paste half of your posts.
Tallest_Skil ago
You, apparently. For all the times you’ve seen them you still worship the jews.
Shotinthedark ago
Speak of the kile shill and he shall appear. Wringing hands and rubbing shekels.
Tallest_Skil ago
Worship jews on another website. Is it really that hard? With 8chan gone, there is literally no other place for us anywhere on the Internet anymore. You have every other site. Go the fuck back there.
Shotinthedark ago
You mad jew bro?
Tallest_Skil ago
Three guesses, hymie.
Shotinthedark ago
If by exterminating species you mean sucking black dick.the no you suck it all there schlomo!
Tallest_Skil ago
Kill yourself, please. I don’t even need to expose you faggots anymore. You do it yourself.
Shotinthedark ago
Whatever you say lady!
Smells_Like_Tacos ago
Fuckin lady_boy Tallest_shill.
Tallest_Skil ago
Congrats on supporting white genocide alongside your fellow shill. Neck yourself, coward.