Ever since I graduated and moved from Sweden to Switzerland and started my first full time job here in Zurich, working for Voat became increasingly difficult for me. A project of passion and learning turned into one of business administration, community management, and essentially a 2nd job. A nonpaying, yet rather stressful and demanding job.
I started Voat under the name “forbidme” (which later became Whoaverse, which later became Voat) because I wanted to learn more about .NET and web development in general, but as more and more people started to use it, it became clear to me that there was a need for a platform like Voat. I never imagined that Voat would grow this big or mature the way it has. I’ve been through so much with Voat during these past 3 years, and if I could go back in time and face the same challenges, the same victories, and the same defeats - I would do it all over again!
Today though, primarily thanks to PuttItOut, Voat is a stable and scalable platform which happily serves over a million monthly unique visitors. I was the guy who had the crazy idea to start this project but now, 3 years later, I feel that it is time for someone else to assume this role.
Effective as of this announcement, and with a heavy heart, I am resigning as CEO of Voat, Inc. and handing over my role to PuttItOut. PuttItOut has been with me side-by-side through all the ups and downs, all the long nights, all the difficult conversations, all the challenging decisions, and proven he is both committed and capable to moving Voat forward as a platform for Free Speech. I am confident and excited that Voat will do great things in the future.
I will still be at Voat, just in a different role, as a user and member of the community.
To every user I’ve gotten to know, for every funny comment I’ve come across, for every post that has opened my eyes or made me mad, it has all been worth it and I’ll never forget the fun times. Here’s to more in the future, but with a bit less stress for me. ;)
Atko
Edit: canary stuff: https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806
hi5enigma ago
F
Adolf_Puttler ago
Bump.
Myohmy_eatsomepie ago
Wow what an incredible story. Cheers to you and your persistence.
Big_Willy_Wallace ago
So, it's true afterall. Voat has been compromised.
chris ago
Man, and here I thought I was here for the first iteration of the site. I had no idea it existed as forbidme.
ChillyHellion ago
I'm late to the party, but I wanted to say thanks for getting Voat off the ground and for the monumental amount of work you've put into the site. If anyone's earned a break, it's you. Putt's a great guy, and I think you're putting us in good hands in passing the torch. As far as the community goes, I think your legacy will live on as Voat's original top goat.
muhgainz ago
Thank you and Godspeed, Atko. You have contributed to western civilization more than you can probably imagine.
ThisIsCathartic ago
Seems shittier when you include that context, yeah.
JustGuessing ago
Try not to forget about us while you're out finding next big adventure, and thanks for all the hard work you two do to keep the show running around here.
7821485? ago
Good luck man. Today we need Voat more than ever, with the "other guys" having a media- and opinion-manipulating platform that crushes free speech.
Zoritec ago
Love you @atko! You've really created a fantastic platform for everyone and believe me, I'm hooked here! Thanks for making everything awesome! <3
willem_oates91 ago
Best Wishes Atko
Vaduz_92 ago
Thanks for everything buddy!
hafen ago
Sad news... I sincerely wish you and voat the best.
Thank you for everything Atko.
eu9k ago
Im surprised voat doesnt generate enough money to pay a good salary. Its one of the few places that allows free speech.. Although im sure ive been banned from here before. I hope the next guy respects open and free opinions as you do.
CuriousOnlooker ago
Thanks Atko, you've built something truly great.
bouncy_boots ago
Thank you!!! We love you!!!
7814247? ago
It seems SaneGoat really hates you, and that he has increased from 5-7 downvote bots to around 12 (or about 5 people saw the initial 7 downvotes on your comment and continued them for the full conversation).
7814317? ago
which should be reasion enough to ban him. i guess this site has devolved into a power play of who has more alternate accounts and how many downvotes they can bring to bear on a chosen target. PuttItOut has his hands full.
7814353? ago
You do get a little bit of a buffer if you comment often and don't repeatedly directly reply to the spammers (the "Report Spam" button is there for a reason, although it is kinda pointless to use it if the admins or moderators of a subverse are already being pinged by the stupid spammer's comment), but yeah, Voat has always had a bit of trouble with alt accounts, especially with how much CCP is linked to so many systems controlling your ability to o anything.
7814431? ago
that's probably the only reason i'm not at negative ccp at the moment. only had 2 pages worth of comments in past 7 days or so. Heck of a design flaw. i wish i knew a fix, but as you said since ccp is tied to the core of this site, and they are deleting evidence, i'm not sure what the logs would show.
7814459? ago
As far as I know, Voat actually has a way of checking the IPs that voted on posts, and might be able to see if it was all bots from the same server.
Also, if we ever push the spammer off the site and have all the alts deleted, all of his votes will disappear, which will basically skyrocket your CCP back up to where it should be.
7814491? ago
so when an account is deleted their votes get removed? with a comment when it gets deleted the ccp stays on the account. that might be a solution. when a comment or post is deleted, remove the ccp assicoated with that account. that would stop the up vote circle jerk.
7814662? ago
The issue with that is spammers used to delete comments when they got too heavily downvoted, and their CCP would bounce back up to 0 (or even a positive rating if they had some comments on their own private "safe space" of a subverse).
7814683? ago
combine the ccp erasure with a script that looks for circle jerk accounts restricted to "safe spaces", and deletes them. that code may be difficult, but possible.
7814708? ago
Still doesn't solve the original problem of "spammers flooding comment sections, then deleting comments to avoid the consequences", and there is always the chance that a spam account was started by making a few legitimate good comments to gain some CCP, with the comments aged enough to be safe behind the 7-day downvote barrier before the spam starts.
Voat's system is far from perfect, but I still usually prefer it over Reddit's.
7814742? ago
i guess that brings us full circle, create an army of bots to fight the spammers, keep our heads low and hope to not get noticed, or keep looking for another solution @PuttItOut could use.
7814184? ago
This post is over 2 days old, stop spamming your exact same fucking comment over and over again. No one believes you.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
here take this, you need it
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
Sanegoat's average comment.
7814219? ago
At least that kind of comment would give us some identifying info about this retard. With what we have, we have to suffer through his repeated spam and "debunking" of our comments that is about as evidence-less and non-conclusive as the "debunking" of v/pizzagate.
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
He is a special breed and an attention seeking cunt. People don't like cunts. However on Voat, if you dislike a cunt, your'e a shill.
7814365? ago
You're only a shill in the eyes of other cunts and actual shills. In the eyes of most of the other people, you're just speaking your mind and describing people accurately.
qx9 ago
Thank you, @Atko, for making such a great site!
AmaleksHairyAss ago
You're a shitty mod and I hope you never get any more power. (7)
Alathon ago
Thank you, @atko, for the tremendous effort you have put into voat. Over the last several years, I've seen too many forums I valued choose censorship along political lines, it has been a blessing to have a major forum that didn't. I can tolerate obnoxious posts, insults, and slurs; I cannot tolerate the silencing of unpopular views.
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
9/10 comments from sane include the word shill. 9/10 voater's think sanegoat is a shill. irony.
Arsepergers ago
I appreciate everything you've done for complete strangers. Maybe especially because that wasn't the original intent of your project.
Discussion and new ideas are necessary in order to learn, grow, and evolve as a person. Especially for some people that most likely don't get enough of that in real life to mature. You really can't fathom the amount of lives involved and each different path that was traveled because of voat. A simple discussion here can lead to a different thought pattern in real life. In turn, we may act or react differently to things that pop up in life. I know I do.
Finally participating on voat has made me participate in real life. Taking a different path from the one I might usually take. Creating different relationships with the people around me, thus altering my world just a bit. And I really needed something
Thank you
v ago
/u/Atko V
O ago
/u/Atko O
earth ago
/u/Atko A
t ago
/u/Atko T
(Wasn't able to grab /u/A lol)
Thanks for the good times here Atko. Have a good life.
CalicoDan ago
Good luck for the future Atko! Hope youll still be around, albeit much more relaxed and destressed. Been great!
Billistics ago
Do we get a special Badge or Trophy for having an account before the switch?
Premeditated123 ago
MVP is that you?🤔
yuripie ago
F
SaneGoatiSwear ago
prove it, shill.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
sorry the war against sanegoat bothers you.
AmaleksHairyAss ago
You're a shitty mod and I hope you never get any more power. (6)
Diogenes_The_Cynic ago
Thanks for building this for us Atko.
7805478? ago
i'm sorry, you need to fill this out to continue:
http://i.magaimg.net/img/cz.png
VillaLopez ago
rip
AmaleksHairyAss ago
You're a shitty mod and I hope you never get any more power. (number 5)
Broc_Lia ago
Number 6 required :p
SaneGoatiSwear ago
you still need this, shill named @techius
AmaleksHairyAss ago
I'm not him but I think @techius is a pretty cool guy, eh calls retards on their shit and doesn't afraid of anything.
Broc_Lia ago
Why should putitout work with you? You're making it sound like you're colleagues or something, or that atko owed it to you to be close to you.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
also,
shill, you will now need this before you continue
Jivicus ago
@Atko Later, bro.
dancemonkey ago
Thanks for your hard work @Atko. I hope we'll see you around from time to time.
BucktailBarry ago
What a fag.
BuryWaste ago
You featured my sub on a long gone account and made my drab day wonderful. Thank you.
asiatrails ago
Thank you for establishing and growing this platform
Pawn ago
hey buddy, no we need to keep the CPP restrictions. Why? Cause it cuts down on garbage.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
lol
that may be, but it's too high a price to pay to stop a few from speaking.
o noes some unliked people don't have to create an alt!! o noes!
sorry man it doesn't work to stop "garbage"
it just redirects it into worse.
have you even thought about this for more than five seconds, pawn?
i expect A LOT better quality thinking from you.
....
or should i not?
Pawn ago
i expected more from you, but it looks like youre too gone to think. It stops them, because they have to continously make new alts as opposed to sitting there and spamming infintely.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
::shakes head::
indeed.
dat
Pawn ago
I shake my head. You used to be a smarter goat, a goat that had leader qualities. Now, I fear your tongue in cheek name has come true.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
based on
me calling you out for fallacious speech and shilling the well known sjw script on voat.
did someone buy this account?
there's a chance!
Pawn ago
no its still the same pawn, always been the same pawn. It looks like someone bought the sanegoat account.
MadeToBeBroken ago
Best of luck, atko! I post almost exclusively to FPH and I'm glad that somebody gave us a platform to express our opinions.
MadeToBeBroken ago
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SaneGoatiSwear ago
this is for you, you clearly need it!
AnotherCuriousRedditor ago
Thanks for all the work you put into it Atko. Thank you for the inputs you took and implemented - I somehow feel proud when I think that some of my ideas..eh..were implemented.
Voat will only grow, I know.
Opieswife ago
Thanks for a great site and best wishes.
RowdyBusch ago
Ok, now can we open this place up to true free speech again? Restore Voat as the home of jailbait on the Internet.
Wolfspider ago
Cool. Come over and help out v/strangenews every once in a while. :)
squataclops ago
Thank you for everything @atko and @PuttItout. Sucks to see you step down but I know we are in good hands. Hope you still come around. Cheers mate!
Lag-wagon ago
I don't really know you... So I guess... I'll see you around?
diesel4420 ago
You have done a hell of a job. Thank you for all the hard work that both of you have put into Voat.
Gagsandgrins ago
Very nice. Best announcement for voat.co vidit this youtube channel and subscribe.
7798518? ago
Thank-you for your service
Marthvedderette ago
Uhm. This sure looks suspicious. You live in Zurich? Many red flags there, just alone
amCassandraAMA ago
so you have an issue with free speech?
generalerror ago
Thank you @Atko and best of luck! :)
voats4goats ago
Thank you for this great forum of expression. Best of luck to you!
J20 ago
Thanks for all your work @Atko.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
AYYY LMAO
here derka, your first of many
Abe__Froman ago
Idk maybe atko didn't like the doggo I posted. my friend told me about this free speech site. I check it out and looks great. I make an account and learn all about atko's voat. Then the next day he is stepping down. Mannn, this cant be a good sign.
Niggertown ago
Oh, and PuttItOut is a Jew.
DigitalRefugee ago
Thank you for all you have done.
You are a shining example of someone who took the abilities you had and a lot of courage, and made something happen. In times like these, we should all try to emulate your dedication and resourcefulness. And be inspired to contribute however we can, while pushing ourselves to new heights.
Congratulations on a time well served. God willing, you have laid important stones in the foundations of online free speech. Voat will continue to be a place of open discussion, knowledge and uncensored news. Thanks to you Atko, as a community we will be witness to a pivotal time in human history. A history on which you have undeniably made an entry.
Godspeed with your new projects, and I look forward to seeing you around as a member.
-DigitalRefugee
tabularassa ago
The world needs more people like you. Seriously dude. You stood up for what benefited everyone, not just yourself.
Best of luck man.
93503847569 ago
godspeed, my man.
Atarian ago
Cheers @Atko, you're a bro.
If you're ever in shitposterland, give me a shout and I'll buy you a few beers.
7796271? ago
Thanks for taking the initiative and your hard work keeping things going. See you around.
AmaleksHairyAss ago
You're a shitty mod and I hope you never get any more power.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
you need this
AmaleksHairyAss ago
The more you post it the less mad I am. At this point I'm starting to pity you.
doginventer ago
Thanks so much Atko for building this place. I really hope your change in status brings you the results you want and richly deserve.
It really is a staggering achievement to have housed the very definition of an awkward unruly mob with such a degree of style and good judgement that it actually functions as positively as it does and that it continues to grow.
Wishing all the best to you and yours, and I look forward to seeing you enjoying voat as a civilian.
Looking forward also to the PuttItOut era with confidence and a continuing feeling of humility about what must take to manage a space that continues to entertain teach and inspire a retarded old faggot like me on pretty much a daily basis.
My heartfelt love respect and thanks to both of you
irregularverb ago
Thank you Mr. Atko. Your vision, effort, and time is appreciated by me. I have learned many new things because of the platform you created. Forever with gratitude and best wishes for your future endeavors.
Mad_Dog91 ago
Thanks for everything Atko aka the Internet Savior!
Very sad and pathetic that Atko's thread had to turn into discussions about sane(?)goat.
Mick ago
It explains a lot.
sinjinsmythe ago
Upgoat cause general niggerized faggotry. Downgoat for same reason. My version of net neutrality.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
not sure if you need this, to be neutral
Mick ago
I'm a zombie, true story.
7795714? ago
DANIELFLAMINO CONFIRMED.
Adding this to sidebar. Gotcha, Dan.
7795705? ago
You're a legend.
iusedtobeonreddit ago
what? christ @Atko you the mad captain of the pirate ship? what are we to do without you? i mean you as by far and away the best voater! i'll fight for you, just name them, i'll kick shit clean out of them! @Atko we need your crazy hand steering this mad boat Oh Captain My Captain
Vvswiftvv17 ago
Thank you Atko! Besides voat, you gave us an incredible gift -- a place where non-conforming American voters, upset with the status quo, could gather and vent. Your site allowed us to galvanize our energy, share ideas, and repost information to other social media platforms at lightening speed. All things that helped swing the election. I hope we see voat in the footnotes of history when the 2016 election is digested and analyzed.
skymod ago
Shit. I've been so busy with work and planning for my next semester, I almost missed this.
Good luck with everything, Atko. ^^ i hope to see you around.
Zaqwert ago
FeelsBadMan
Rotteuxx ago
We all say things we regret in life, there no obligation for Putt to go forward with anything.
Rotteuxx ago
Buddy,
that's what happens when your attitude and demeanour gets on peoples nerves, the message is overlooked because ''fuck this guy''. Maybe changing your strategy and way of things would give you better results, watcha think ?
Broc_Lia ago
He deleted again, lol
Rotteuxx ago
I copy/pasted my replies a least 4-5 times when he'd repost... was fun for a while
Himynameis420 ago
thank you for everything, you've done an amazing job bringing us together and i wish you well in your new endeavors.
7794936? ago
That'll do pig, that'll do.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
said the professional troll; here this is for you to fill out
PlayByPlayAnnouncer ago
You are pretty excited about your form, aren't you!
SaneGoatiSwear ago
PlayByPlayAnnouncer ago
This is a scripted response? You definitely enjoy spending time on Voat!
Rotteuxx ago
We all say things we regret in life, there no obligation for Putt to go forward with anything.
Rotteuxx ago
Buddy,
that's what happens when your attitude and demeanour gets on peoples nerves, the message is overlooked because ''fuck this guy''. Maybe changing your strategy and way of things would give you better results, watcha think ?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
for you ta fill out
Rotteuxx ago
Ah shucks, there you go projecting your emotions on others again.
I think you're the one that's butthurt people around here disagree with you... don't you think ?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
that's what they say about me
except i actually use voat, unlike you.
NorwegianBlackMetal ago
Didn't I tell you to fuck off back to reddit? I KNOW most people here are sick of you.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
GoofyGrape ago
Thank you for letting us have our say, @Atko. This site was a refugee for a lot of us goats when we had no place else to go. I wish you all the best and hope you stick around.
And here's to the One True Putt. Long may he reign.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
You have reached the last stage of the @SaneGoatiSwear cycle, where you destroy his argument, and then he never responds because he can't.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
when someone demonstrates idiocy, it's factual if you point it out.
user called v/askvoat a new sub.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
That's pretty much my motivations right there.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
confirmation bias much?
i am not the spamalek you are looking for.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Agreeing with you is 'twisting logic'? I can see why you'd think that.
Who am I even shilling for?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
you tell me, shill.
or do you not know?
are you shilling under the influence, as in mind control or TV manipulation?
are you completely unaware of your constant disinfo and fallacy attacks?
do you actually consider what you type to be conversation/ discussion?
aayyyy lmao
this is a new one.
i think peaceseeker might be that, as well.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
I don't own a TV, actually. I get all my news from here and a couple of small time blogs.
My username becomes relevant once again.
I like these talks. It's the sort of conversation you can't get anywhere else.
ExpertShitposter ago
Thanks for this site Atko. If it wasn't for you two, many people wold still be redditors (faggots). Do stop by and goat with us as a 99%er ;)
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Now they've got to give it to you.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
7814271? ago
We didn't need Sane's ASCII porn spam, we don't need your ASCII goatse post.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
:(
7814673? ago
I'm just getting sick of anything having to do with Sane after 2 full days of getting his spam filling up my inbox shortly before he deletes the old and posts the new again.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Sorry if he's spilling onto your inbox man, but I really enjoy provoking him.
7814734? ago
Oh, provoke him all you want, I'm not getting pinged, so I only see the direct replies to my comments. I just am annoyed that he still has the top reply to mine with that stupid SFW ASCII porn comment and is using my comment as a springboard to spam the ever-loving crap out of this thread, so I don't have as much tolerance for any kind of ASCII art right now.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Fair enough, and that's the only ASCII art I have anyway, so I won't post any more.
AmaleksHairyAss ago
You're a shitty mod and I hope you don't get any more power.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
this is for you to fill out
@puttitout check it, there's now a form for that!
Empire_of_the_mind ago
@atko hvala in prosim, šamšula!
Devious1 ago
FUG, I'm missing something as I don't get it. Am I just to simplistic?
Ok I think I get it, but voat is still comprimised - after one of my posts for some reason - I wonder Fukien why, site gets disabled.
https://m.imgur.com/a/tQe1Y
Oh very yeh.
Christonabike ago
The king is dead. Long live the king. Well, I'm honored. But for me this is all over. I'm getting out. What was true then is true now. Have a plan. Stick to it. So I'm sure you must have lots to discuss... ...but I have no business being here. I've got someone to meet. Adios, amigos. @Cynabuns, @absurdlyobfuscated @ForksandGuys, @Czarpineapple, @PuttItOut @Peglius @aaragon @CatManDew @reacher @Kadynce @ChillyHellion @Pikachuintheshower @reacher @Clayton @mr_skeltal @Hewitt @oaken @farqanator @Clayton @bobroland [M] (1) @AmyAcker @SurvivorType @pleasefeedthedino @foundring @ForksandGuys Typo @ElNino SilverBanana @SuperConductiveRabbi I don't want to add my name to that list. My name? If you knew that, Whoa verse, Atko, Atif...
you'd be as clever as me.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
nigger please
i don't shadowbox
so are you puttitout, flamenco, ....? kek nurtzoidioeiodz?
Bilbo_Swaggins ago
WHAT IS DEAD MAY NEVER DIE
InyourfaceNancyGrace ago
@Atko, I think I speak on behalf of the entire Voat community when I say: We can't thank you enough. You've truly provided a platform for the disenfranchised of the internet. The online community thanks you.
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
I have had 3 accounts destroyed by sanegoat and his cabal, in the past id called him out for a few things, mainly what we are speaking about now. Next thing i know my account has been dv brigaded by atleat -400ccp, i couldn't comment due to ccp restrictions so id have to make a new one. That is the true definition of censoring speech, anything he disagress with is written off.. And he has the cheek to say to atko, he is all for free speech, he is the worst person on here for writing off ppl accs and threatening doxx's.
Report him to Putitout!
It's not like he doesn't threaten everyone else!
Rotteuxx ago
We all say things we regret in life, there no obligation for Putt to go forward with anything.
Rotteuxx ago
Buddy,
that's what happens when your attitude and demeanour gets on peoples nerves, the message is overlooked because ''fuck this guy''. Maybe changing your strategy and way of things would give you better results, watcha think ?
fuckthefatties24 ago
Thanks for your efforts.
heygeorge ago
Atko, thank you.
I imagine that after a small break you will be back and posting both high and low quality content.
@PuttItOut, go get 'em, pal!
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
he cries shill and rambles on about how he just wants whats best for voat and how he's mr. free speech, while threatening everyone with law suits hahaha. one minute hes trying to censor what ppl say, the next crying to atko about how he is the final frontier for free speech.people like sane made atkos life very hard.
Abe__Froman ago
I just got here and you're leaving?
elbrum ago
Mate, thanks for everything you've done. Voat means a lot to all of us.
Ever since I've come here, I have been impressed with the professionalism of the tiny Voat staff. You provided a more responsive and caring service than most organisations despite your limited resources.
Best of luck for the future and I hope to see you around the site.
Summerofgeorge1 ago
:( wish you never had to leave
PotatoFarm ago
You were an outstanding admin Atko, the best I have seen after many years and countless communities.
I wish you the best and hopefully someday you can retake your role, but this time with the time and resources.
And PuttItOut, I have no doubt you will make us all proud, Good luck!
DeltaBravoTango ago
Whaaaat? Atko no...
SlappyHo ago
Is there a board of directors or do we now serve under the monarchy?
KEK_is_truth ago
what is the funniest comment about smokable stimulants that you can remember receiving
EugeneNicks ago
Now make me an admin so I can improve this place.
SoullessTechnocrat ago
Never do that. Jewgene is the reason that the Chimpire fell to the dustbin it has.
wesofx ago
@atko you're a hero! @putitout good luck!
KEK_is_truth ago
shopped
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
Had me in fuckin stitches! 8/8
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
whenever i read something by sanegoat, i honestly think, damn this is the most dedicated troll ever.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
AmaleksHairyAss ago
Every time you delete your comment and re-post it I'll repost mine. Stop playing games with the comment system. Your thirst for power is more obvious with each time you repost your comment.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
stillinit ago
:(
New_years_day ago
@Atko @PuttItOut Good luck & God Speed o7
rusty_-_shackleford ago
Cheers brah. All the best with what's next x
bisteot ago
Thanks for your service, this is your legacy.
olinneserpona ago
Thanks for all the work you put down. Btw, what is your line of study?
Awful-Falafel ago
Thanks for making a place for us, @atko.
Singleservename ago
I'm one of the pizzagate reddit exiles so not a long time user but I would like to take the opportunity to express my deepest gratitude for this important, nay, crucial platform for free expression.
You changed the world. Thanks.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
low effort shill gets low effort report LAWLZ
7792466? ago
You're a pro at this shit you do. That alone tells me a lot about what kind of person you are. Someone not worthy or professional enough to be in an admin position. If a fellow goat were to become admin, almost anyone other than you would be a better choice.
Is this what you want? Everyone against you? You're not a victim.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Rotteuxx ago
We all say things we regret in life, there no obligation for Putt to go forward with anything.
CeepsNo ago
I hope you're making 6 or 7 figures and aren't secretly dead
Thanks for making voat
Rotteuxx ago
Buddy,
that's what happens when your attitude and demeanour gets on peoples nerves, the message is overlooked because ''fuck this guy''. Maybe changing your strategy and way of things would give you better results, watcha think ?
Ywis ago
The site gets sold to a Silicon Valley venture capital company in 3 2 ....
BentAxel ago
Thank you /v/Atko
7792077? ago
Why are you deleting and posting the exact same comment over and over again? Is it because you assume that, since the admins haven't responded to the pings within the past 5 hours, the admins didn't get your ping at all, and you need to send it again?
That is the exact opposite of what you should be doing. You sent out one ping, fine, it'll show up in their inbox. You send out 100 pings, that's not fine, it is just going to constantly annoy the recipients to have to keep going back to their inbox to get rid of the warning.
Stop acting like you're on some greater level over the rest of the users here because you got what you thought was some praise from Putt at some point in the past. At the best of times, you're not different from the rest of us, and at the worst of times, you're about as bad a "angry spammer" as Amalek and the MH101 bots ever were.
Broc_Lia ago
I think he's doing it to shake off all the negative comments he's getting. They end up getting buried in a string of deleted comments instead of being at the top.
7802962? ago
That would be a decent argument, if he wasn't replying to someone who kept pointing out his hypocrisy and if no one else was replying.
At this point, he literally had to resort to "a comment entirely dedicated to ASCII porn" just to have a comment with more upvotes than downvotes.
7792724? ago
He wants it visible to other people because he is advertising. Advertising himself.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
no.
7792322? ago
People aren't downvoting your identical repeated comments because they're brigading you.
They're downvoting your repetitive spam because you're being an asshole and acting like you're "holier-than-thou" when you're too dumb to even type correctly.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
also
lol
MadMonkey ago
Thank you Atko for all that you have done and fighting for freedom across the world.
Broc_Lia ago
Why should putitout work with you? You're making it sound like you're colleagues or something, or that atko owed it to you to be close to you.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
oh that's been reposted already.
i didn't deleted it
just "refreshed it"
srry about that. didn't mean to make you lose your response or anything.
why should?
proven long term goat
proven even-handed mod of a private sub
proven to spend time talking to an insane amount of people about voat issues
proven to find bugs and do what it takes to get them fixed for the security of voat
ready to help
ready to take all the shit (that some admins couldn't take lol)
have all the time in the world
am voat's dark goat against the sjw takeover
wrote the canary, got the canary published regularly and got the admins to press the dead goat's switch correctly, consistently
hmmm what else
wait
is this some sort of voat resume?!
more boobies for
atkoputtitout incomingeffusive_ermine ago
SGS, for this one instance you move me.
Spaceballs-1 ago
/u/Atko: Thanks for creating this place for us to play.
Good luck on your future.
Broc_Lia ago
Sorry to hear that dude, good luck with your future endeavours.
Cincosiber ago
Thank you for all you have done voat is wonderful !
Broc_Lia ago
Why should putitout work with you? You're making it sound like you're colleagues or something, or that atko owed it to you to be close to you.
Edit: Before he deleted it, this is what he posted. He has since reposted it, presumably to shake off the replies pointing out his BS:
SaneGoatiSwear ago
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy lmao
that was fast.
Broc_Lia ago
Fast is replying to a 2 and a half hour old post?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
oh no my apologies, dear butthurt faggot
i had just written a comment to put
saying something more along the lines of how you responded.
your response doesn't really fit the comment you responded to, though.
almost as though
you responded to the wrong comment.
Broc_Lia ago
My reply fitted the comment you just deleted perfectly.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
ctrl c is your friend!
Broc_Lia ago
See, I'm used to dealing with honest people, so there isn't a need to copy their post unless I'm replying separately to different parts. I guess you're just not that honest though.
Almost like this is your job or something.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
interesting
smokemirrors ago
Good luck @atko xxx Thank you for everything you have done and provided.
UKLooney ago
Good life :)
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i am atif's left nipple.
chmod ago
Good luck and Godspeed Atif. You're a victim of your own success. We should all be so lucky...
Tor1 ago
Another victory for the rioting looter class over the creating inventor class.
Voat HQ
https://unistar.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/looters-at-a-shop-in-hackney-east-london-aug-8-2011-ap-pa.jpg
Baby Come Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-enjcgV1o
Anti-Stupid ago
Just stop dude. Like what the fuck is wrong with you? Just leave these poor people alone. No one wants to work with you on anything because you make working with someone a fucking nightmare. If something doesn't go exactly as you plan it, you start freaking the fuck out and you make yourself look like a maniac. Just get offline for a little bit. I get that you have no friends IRL but this isn't healthy man.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
Anti-Stupid ago
You are delusional and I really hope you seek out mental help before you end up hurting yourself, or worse, someone else.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
Anti-Stupid ago
Sounds good buddy. Have fun with that.
Anchy ago
I wish you best of luck in your future endeavours @Atko
I thank you for developing this platform, it has been a great journey despite all the problems and issues you have faced.
And I thank @PuttItOut too, and I wish him all the best and to continue your dream of free speech
Thank you.
PuttItOut ago
You're a big person Anchy.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
oy
talk to me.
7793970? ago
Be calm and respectful instead of screaming the same rhetoric in everyone's faces and people might be more inclined to carry out conversations with you. Oh, and if you stopped calling anyone who says anything against you a shill, or calling them out for disinformation tactics, I think that would go a long way to endearing others to you, too.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
please show you can do calculus.
please describe to me what a balanced life is.
for science.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Just for the hell of it:
SaneGoatiSwear ago
just give 'em enough rope and they hang themselves!
HeavyBrain ago
I for once welcome my new overlord.
Thanks for all your work Atko and good luck with all your other stuff, look at the bright side atleast now you wont end up like Aaron.
@PuttItOut you better promise to burn this place down then sell it to fuckturds like conde nast.
NorwegianBlackMetal ago
You are annoying fuck off back to reddit
SaneGoatiSwear ago
NorwegianBlackMetal ago
No one is butt hurt that you are a little twat. Do you not realize you are not welcome here? Town nigger of voat.
HarveyHarveyJones ago
He's not welcomed on a freespeech site? Are u speaking on behalf of our entire community? Because I enjoy his company. He/she may not be sane 24/u but who is.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
ooooh fun
7792085? ago
Yes, we all saw you confirm that about yourself when you deleted and re-submitted the same comment in an attempt to ping the admins even more.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
no.
i'm refreshing the comment from the downvoat brigade.
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shill
SaneGoatiSwear ago
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
i thank you for blessing me with it.
pr0nw4r ago
Have the jew tried to stalk you and/or get to you through friends yet atko? Would that explain it why you are quitting now?
Bilbo_Swaggins ago
Thank you for everything you've done to create this community!
novictim ago
Thank you, @Atko! You deserve a break. And thank you to @PuttItOut. You have our trust. Let us know when more cash is needed!
All hail, PuttItOut!
ilikeskittles ago
Thanks for building this to start with and thanks for all the fish.
AmaleksHairyAss ago
You're a shitty mod and I hope you don't get any more power.
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
Amen, he changes face all the time.
That_VoiceOver_Guy ago
Atko, first I want to thank you for creating this place. Words are my business, yet I cannot find any to match the scope of my feelings. I wish you many rewards and great times in your future. You will always have a home here for thoughts, feelings, rants and well, whatever else might emerge in everyday life. Good journeys, my friend.
Atko ago
Thank you sir, much appreciated!
7791118? ago
tfw your Lord is acknowledged as the One True Lord by everyone else's Lord.
In all seriousness, I'm glad your taking a step to relieve some stress from yourself, Atko, but I truly hope this does not mean we'll be seeing less of you. If anything I hope this means we get to see more of you. You truly built this community (I've seen those images of you as the most active user on Whoaverse's front page) and I know you're a content submitter at heart. Your moral infallibility (like that of Putt's) is what has allowed Voat to survive and thrive. I hope to see you around.
toobaditworks ago
NOT MY CEO! @puttitout
Just kidding. Congrats! Can I be VP?
Medlhed420 ago
So long, and thanks for all the BAAAAAAA.
Waffles4Everyone ago
Thank you for everything!
Alias_Unknown ago
Thanks for the good times @Atko.
Your hard work and dedication to the site has always shown through. You never asked for a lot of this, but supported it nonetheless.
Best wishes in your future endeavours. Now go have a beer for all of us old goats.
Xylophone ago
You're a great man Atko.
Thanks for all your work!
123_456 ago
Hey, thanks for all the good times, Atko. Congratulations on your new position, PuttItOut!
auggs ago
Sane give me your take on why this happening and what it means, please. You seem kind of out there but general messages and arguments seem to always be on point. I trust your word.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
atko is doing what is best for voat
it's a sad day. because regardless of all the bullshit, he made this fucking place.
he may leave
but he will never leave our farts.
OneNutWonder ago
Thanks so much man!
newoldwave ago
Live long and prosper, Atko.
vandilx ago
Thank you Atko for Voat, itself, and for your service in keeping it going.
SgtMattson ago
ok then... Thanks
Freshdough ago
Good luck in your future endeavours, sad to see the King @atko go, look forward to seeing some actual posts and comments from you in the future.
Brigbjones ago
Thanks for everything you've done Atko. I hope things work out well for you, God speed!
ThisIsCathartic ago
Fairly gracious of you, given some of the things I've seen you write.
Don't get along too well, though... that wouldn't be very entertaining for anyone else.
Gorillion ago
Someone explain the Canary edit to me? No official updates since it was posted. Does that mean there has been gag orders in the last 3 months?
PuttItOut ago
We "renew" the canary by updating the last edit date of the original notice, which is the equivalent of issuing a new notice.
dontdoxxmefaggots ago
nigger
7790327? ago
At least Trump is more interested in "stopping ISIS and other national security threats" than "targeting journalists, whistleblowers, and political opponents", unlike Barry O.
ThisIsCathartic ago
Thanks, Atko. May all your future projects be as successful as this one.
WeekendBaker ago
Hail lord Put
Thyhorrorcosmic103 ago
Thank you for giving us a home, atko.
ScottRockview ago
Thanks for all you have done for us. We all wish you the best in all that you do.
HomerSimpson ago
So when do I become the next CEO @Puttitout?
Mick ago
Imagine hell, frozen over. Still no Chief Execution Officer for you, pal :p
HomerSimpson ago
I don't get to man the gas chambers? Not cool man. That was my dream job.
PuttItOut ago
Soon.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
not if i get there first!
unless of course you use cheat and block/mute me from voat!
HWY__395 ago
Really sneaky Wink Wink
luv ya bro
ToFat2Fish ago
It's sad to see you go Atko you have been a benevolent leader. I with my most sincere gratitude thank you for giving use voat and saving so many of use from the cesspool that became reddit. I wish you the best of luck in your future ventures and look forward to seeing your perticapation as one of the community.
ShineShooter ago
Maaaaaaaaahhhh!
ISellDownvoats ago
It couldn't have been said any better and I think we all agree.
JesusDrowning ago
Stay golden, goatboy. See you around.
rwbj ago
Glad you were driven to build up Voat. It's actually pretty bizarre how something could have such a demand - a basic message board without censorship or messaging manipulation. The fact that that's something unique, among sites with a decent userbase size, means it's really time for the internet to move towards decentralization. Getting into that game might be a fun side project if you're not brain fried enough after work all day! See you around.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
through thick and thin
his dick was in
and voat was better for it
now he's gone
we'll get better on
but it'll never be the same without atif.
at the helm, and throwin' high fives
fixing bugs and talking of war so wise
this , this the day, the king of voat dies
this, this the day, the king of voat dies.
luckily though,
he didn't let it go
like the sli.mg devs, both lost all worth
atko was the glory of an redpilled sjw dev
and in this connundrum verily was birthed
and now
this, this the day, the king of voat is dead
this, this the day, the king of voat is dead.
Scine ago
No. I'm going to have to deny your resignation. I've grown to like you and I think I'm going to keep you. :)
No worries man! Enjoy some sanity without stress!
gatordontplaythatsht ago
Thanks @atko
smifft ago
@Atko Best of wishes to you. I'd like to give you a sincere thanks for providing the web with an uncensored website for free-speech. o7
silversurfers ago
Thanks Atko, for everything, drop in for a cold one anytime, mi casa tu casa.
PlasmaDistortion ago
You are a class act, I appreciate everything you have given us and I pray you still chime in and keep us on track.
TFP191 ago
Thank you @atko for building a community for me. I can't stand Reddit and I migrated here during the shadow banning at Reddit. Have a place like this is not only personally fun to me but, a valuable tool for a great many reasons. The most important being a place to get a different perspective from the normal. Don't worry about the site falling apart without you /v/protectvoat and the site in general is teeming with the most dedicated internet justiciars.
7789695? ago
Best wishes @atko. You're an inspiration to all of us -- you never once sold out your beliefs. We were lucky to have you leading us. I hope you'll be back in a decision making capacity one day. Putt is a great individual but you made this community what it is.
7789669? ago
Good luck, mate.
7789640? ago
I hope the powers that be look at Voat as a successful enterprise and exhibition of how transparency and exchange of ideas can be done without the world catching on fire, and will be used as an example of the right way to do things in the future. There's no reason to be afraid of freedom of expression online if the steps that voat has taken can be mirrored. /u/atko, you've been a great admin and you should be proud.
Kirix ago
Thanks
chrimata ago
What will the atkoist religion do??
Seriously though thanks @Atko !
CrazyInAnInsaneWorld ago
Well, @Atko, what to say...? Sad to see ya' go, buddy. But real life takes precedence. If you ever happen by ol' Dixie and I manage to stumble across you, we'll go on down to the range and I'll bring the steel as long as you buy the lead. Take care of yourself, and here's to a profitable future for both yourself and your brainchild. Cheers!
7789614? ago
Thanks atko! Wish you well in wherever your journey takes you.
AmaleksHairyAss ago
You're a shitty mod and I hope you don't get any more power.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i have no power
and doing announcements is a way to give back
i still have no power
lol
a bad announcement or using one for some agenda (that i don't have lol)
would mean @puttitout would then remove my ass from being able to do announcements.
AmaleksHairyAss ago
An opinion cannot be a lie, and I stand by it.
eulogyjones ago
Thanks for giving us a better place to discuss anything and everything without fear of censorship.
I came here as a "the fattening" refugee and this place was exactly what I wanted.
Wish you all the best Atko
Bigglesworth45 ago
Thanks for your work. Good luck with your future endeavors. We love you bro (no homo).
Atko ago
Thank you. The thing that came with the shirt is a bumper sticker. I don't think Putt will be going anywhere anytime soon, but he will need all the help he can get. Please take good care of him and be good to him as you were to me.
pizzajesus ago
Thanks for your hard work and good luck in your future endeavors! If I have a goat, I'll name him Atko
knightwarrior41 ago
thanks for all your efforts in making this a free speech platform based @atko
fagnig ago
;_;7
Gigan ago
Thanks for all you've done atko.
VoatIsForNiggers ago
Niggers
OhBlindOne ago
Thank you for creating Voat and for all your countless hours and long nights spent making it what it is today.
None of us would be here if it weren't for your hard work and dedication.
I'm going to seriously miss you Atko. You will be greatly missed. Best wishes on the rest of your life and endeavors. Keep up the great work.
PuttItOut ago
@Atko thinks he's free? Never gunna happen. I'll drag him into the pit with me, CEO or not.
ThisIsCathartic ago
When did you get the money for a pit?! Seems frivolous to me!
OhBlindOne ago
You could threaten to dox him if he leaves :P
SaneGoatiSwear ago
do it, fggt!
NobleCreaturePuncher ago
I'm late to the party, but I like voat, and I want to thank @atko for giving us this platform. Your efforts are very much appreciated.
IfIDidIt ago
Sad day.
DillHoleBagHands ago
Absolutely! I remember Atko's discussions during the Reddit flood.
Indianapolis would probably be the easiest place in Indiana, at least for me anyway. There are plenty of things to see in that area. I wouldn't mind showing people the highways and roads that are cut deep into the limestone hills around here. Then there's the Tunnelton Tunnel , I feel like I am rambling. I will take some pictures and upload them sometime for a reference.
7789222? ago
No, I think that version of the US "intelligence" community is in the process of getting fired by Trump's new Cabinet.
digitalentity1497 ago
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
solar_flare ago
Many blessings to you and your loved ones. Thanks for providing a platform that respects freedom of speech.
Rotteuxx ago
Buddy,
that's what happens when your attitude and demeanour gets on peoples nerves, the message is overlooked because ''fuck this guy''. Maybe changing your strategy and way of things would give you better results, watcha think ?
Broc_Lia ago
For some reason he's deleting his comment and reposting it every time someone replies. Feel free to repost your comment above.
Rotteuxx ago
Thanks for the heads up !
7792166? ago
I think he actually believes that his pings aren't going through (because he actually believes that the admins think he is, as r/The_Donald would say, "Top Kek", and that they would normally instantly see any of his pings/messages and respond to them) and that he needs to resend the pings (along with the rest of the copy-paste comment {because it was written so well the first time, with proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar /S}), so in an attempt to not look like a spammer, he is deleting the copy-paste comments around the same time he reposts them.
In short, he is acting like an arrogant idiot (or, as they say in Mother Russia, a mu`dak (which can also be translated as "asshole").
SaneGoatiSwear ago
sorry
Rotteuxx ago
Thx for proving my point with an example, buuuuuudy !
SaneGoatiSwear ago
HashTagFU ago
Raucous applause for a job well done! I'd give you gold if... ahh nevermind.
7789085? ago
<3 thanks for everything @Atko and @puttitout, you guys are the best
sweetholymosiah ago
Make your own post don't corrupt the admin message with your silliness
Broc_Lia ago
For some reason he's deleting his comment and reposting it every time someone replies. You can always repost it though.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
you have the rest of the internet, nigger,
fuck right off.
Chiefpacman ago
They fixed the Canary thing, that I never understood?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
hahahaha yeah...
seems to be a trend to your commenting habits to come in with this approach
noting it publicly now.
that's all.
"fixed"
meh they said with each announcement
then stopped announcing shit for longer than a month
either they've got an NS letter that forces them to unconstitutionally lie (ie click the button) which is in the realm of relative probability...
or it was a false alarm.
still, though, when they'll press it should be in the text next to the canary, specifically, as in
"this will be pressed with each announcement." or "look for an announcement without this being linked/pressed for dead canary"
Chiefpacman ago
Well that's good to hear man. I knew you could do it.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
do what?
finally get putt to CEO status?
texan11moore ago
@Atko for MVG 2016 award. (Most Valuable Goat)
revfelix ago
Thanks for creating Voat, man. I hope to see you around.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Imagine the templeOS guy doing PR for microsoft.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
imagine this shill, srp, doing ANYthing positive for voat.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Imagine this shill SaneGoat doing anything positive for Voat. This kind of thing is exactly where I get my username from.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Once again, you have described yourself to a tee.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
shill 2
SelfReferenceParadox ago
See, you have no argument here, and have nothing left to do but insult me with your favourite word.
Failure ago
I can imagine it. Hes a programmer, and a pretty good one at that.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
sjw programmers are never good
and shills supporting shills against free speech on the last free speech site have to go
name 'em and shame em activate
@failure is a shill against free speech on voat.
@selfreferenceparadox is a shill against free speech on voat
SelfReferenceParadox ago
You got me there, my complete hatred of free speech is exactly why I keep advertizing things like Freenet to people.
Failure ago
y'know, the sjws have a tactic of accusing people without real evidence... i'd like to see yours
SaneGoatiSwear ago
is the shill
???
sure! i'd love to
make sure to have your bots set to UPVOTE sanegoat instead of the normal downvoat sanegoat tomorrow.
if i get to you by then, i'll be sure to post a full review of your shilling.
Failure ago
Please do, I'd love to see what shit you dig up. Hopefully just as good as Fuzzy's totally legit dox
SaneGoatiSwear ago
shill 1
Failure ago
> the bantz too strong for sanegoat
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Love you atko my man!
flope_de ago
Thank you for everything so far.
Mick ago
Thank you for building your vision, sticking to your ideals and giving us all somewhere to hang out, man. I hope life gets a little less hectic for you now :)
Atko ago
Thanks for the kind words. I'm also hoping for a little less hectic life (at least this year) :)
Cynabuns ago
@Atko, "thank you" isn't really enough to express the thoughts that many of us have for what started as your little project. You created a place like none other and stood by your principles, often at great cost. A toast to you, for all you've done and what you will do going forward; much love to you --Cynabuns
Atko ago
I'm humbled by your words. This means a lot. Thank you.
Cynabuns ago
My best to you with big hugs too, Atko; looking forward to seeing you still hanging 'round the goat pen :)
SaneGoatiSwear ago
?
how's banning users going, cyna?
do you miss voating?
do you miss taking over voat?
wuzizname ago
Thanks for everything @Atko! Now you can enjoy shitposting and complaining like all the rest of us without the stress!
Disappointed ago
Thanks heaps, mate.
kittysaysmeownow ago
Thank you so much for all your hard work. You have created something big that thousands of people enjoy on a daily basis. Amazing work, and good luck in the future, I hope your next project is even better :-)
Firinmahlazer ago
God bless you @atko and best of luck. Thanks for everything.
tame ago
Thanks Atko. You made an amazing place, and I always feel free to speak my mind here.
Good word, sir.
SChalice ago
LOL you are running Windows servers? me too...
7788839? ago
How long until the full jew takeover?
Troll ago
I still think you're a fag.
Atko ago
<3
Troll ago
Make love to me, you gigantic faggot.
7788824? ago
Thanks for the site and the memories, Atko.
Now I just hope PuttItOut can handle the extra work and stress that comes with "becoming the sole man behind what once was a 2-man job".
turtlesarepureevil ago
Atko wasn't involved/minimally for about the past year on github according to sane.
PsychoDesign ago
Well, good luck in next adventure.
Findurian ago
Thank you for all you have done Atko. Your contributions to an internet of free speech will never be forgotten.
Eastupward ago
::begins slow clap::
MrHarryReems ago
You've done a good thing for the world, and for that, you have my thanks! Best wishes in your future endeavors, good sir!
wellendowedduckling ago
You will be missed. Thank you for being an exemplar leader for this platform. We all owe you a world of debt. Best of luck!!
SeemsReasonable ago
Good luck in future endeavors Atko and I look forward to seeing you around here still! PuttItOut, I have much faith in you, but if you give sanegoat any official position as a part of voat, I'm gone for good. Thank you both for making this site we all love! It has become a part of my life.
Edit: I love you both Atko and Putt (no homo). Words can't adequately express how thankful I am you guys started and maintained this site for so long for free. Don't underestimate your contribution to mankind however small or inconsequential it may seem. Idk where any of us would be now if this place wasn't around when we decided to leave reddit for good. It truly seems this is the last popular place on the internet where you can say whatever you please without fear of people never seeing what you have to say.
digitalentity1497 ago
The day we put a troll as admin I'm out too.
7790300? ago
consider this 'changing of the guard' to be the canary in the coal mine.
order ballance ballance order
digitalentity1497 ago
Put capitals letters, Sane.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i am not a troll
i am a regular user of voat.
who speaks freely
that must really get your goat
digitalentity1497 ago
I'll never prevent anyone of speaking freely Mr. Sane. But in my humble opinion there a difference between free speech and acting like a dick. If the cap fits...
SaneGoatiSwear ago
look at them
why?
and
lol
so
digitalentity1497 ago
Heh it fits. Apparently I can't speak freely cause I'm a SWJ. There, for so are you?
silversurfers ago
Dick
Mick ago
Putts aint nuts :)
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i have an unofficial position already
Public Relations Goat of Voat
o noes are you going to
threaten voat with quitting?
O NOES WHATEVER WILL WE DO WITHOUT sbbh's mik?
Mick ago
WORST.PUBLIC.RELATIONS.EVER :D
Bilbo_Swaggins ago
Literally what is the context behind this knucklehead?
ToVoatOrNotToGoat ago
He's a psychotic narcissist.
Bilbo_Swaggins ago
I already knew that 'cause he's a moderator.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
it doesn't really work without psa ability.
ffs i fucking hate the PSA method now.
i keep asking putt but w/e.
maybe he'll actually regularly announce shit
you know with the million things more he's gotta do now as CEO.
no no
why
Rainy-Day-Dream ago
why do you format everything you say into an annoying mess?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
this explains everything
Rainy-Day-Dream ago
fucking hell even your masturbatory OC is formatted like cancer
PuttItOut ago
Weren't you promised an admin position if you could prevent yourself from dying?
Bilbo_Swaggins ago
The jury's still out on whether Mick was ever alive in the first place.
Mick ago
When are we expecting the verdict?
ThisIsCathartic ago
Is there a link for context?
Mick ago
I don't have a link but I once trolled in my reddit trolling sub that I was dying and then died. It was pretty convincing at the time, only @HomerSimpson and Amalek called bullshit. Puttitout said that if it turned out I was trolling he would make me an admin.
Lag-wagon ago
Yeah you did... Fuck face.
HomerSimpson ago
Well I do have experience with people doing fake deaths. Plus. You are a punk ass bitch. Death don't want your whiny ass.
Mick ago
That Grim Reaper, he's such a pussy.
ThisIsCathartic ago
Well played, sir.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
https://imgoat.com/thumb/4ca4238a0b/184_md.png
do it.
announcementsanegoat
do it
flesh out dev team publicly with goats
do it
flesh out corporate, hey just goats even
do it
Mick ago
True, I was. And a badge?
Funnily enough, I just this second banned you from SBBH now that you're a one percenter.
heygeorge ago
Ayyyyyy lol. Mick, you're next.
PuttItOut ago
Seems reasonable.
Eastupward ago
But, but sanegoat is the second favorite voat user!!! 0.o
Al_Rubyx ago
If so amalek is the first.
SeemsReasonable ago
:D love ya bro
007ace ago
Wow. Thank you @atko and good luck with your new role. You may be stepping down, but you will always be boat royalty.
wahala ago
Enjoy your new freedom, and thanks for all the fish.
See you around Voat.
theknownuncomic ago
BAAAAnks!
heretolearn ago
thanks for your contributions to this website. may every day be better than the day before.
dsy-cow ago
ill reserve my comment until i fully thought it over
TinyRick ago
Bon Voyage @Atko Hope you find your way back, as this is your brain child.
7788733? ago
Thank you for all that work, Atko.
What is the future of Imgjar? Will it also be run by Putt, or will it remain your own project?
Atko ago
For now, imgjar is my solo project and I'll try to keep it running for as long as I can fund it, and for as long as there is a need for a service like that.
7793774? ago
So finances of Imgjar will be separate from Voat's finances?
If the treasury gets tight and you need a little moneybomb, you know where to ask. I am certain that you could find a lot of sympathetic folks at you-know-where (-:
varialus ago
How much of a financial interest do you still have in the company? It's gonna sting like a red hot dagger in the back once somebody starts monetizing it for reals.
StuntmanMike123 ago
Ok. Understood.
Hoonsuit ago
Thank you very much for all your hard work and everything else. Best wishes for your future.
PM_ME_YOUR_ARCHES ago
RIP sweet prince.
I will always be grateful for my butt badge.
Atko ago
Oh damn, I will never forget your well deserved butt badge. I can't believe I drew the badge by hand just for you. You earned it. Stay awesome! :)
smokratez ago
You sound nothing like the Atko that made this site.
ThisIsCathartic ago
...I ...I think they might actually be the same person.
thrus ago
I would guess that the user Atko and the CEO/admin Atko will be different, one represented the person in charge the other is just himself.
oftotc ago
Don't fuck it up, Putt!
;-)
harry_nash ago
Thank you, @Atko and @Puttitout. I think you both should be proud of the outstanding job you've done.
While I can't say that I agree with everything that's posted on Voat, I firmly believe that it should be allowed to be posted for all to see. The world is a messy place. Sweeping the dirt under the rug just makes it messier. Thanks for not doing that.
7788674? ago
Thank you for everything.
fritz_maurentod ago
Thank you for all the effort, Atko. If you really manage to get back in time and do it all over again, then I hope you'll get interested in PHP or Python instead of the sucky Net.
fluxusp ago
Cheers!
Talc ago
Good luck going forwards from here, and thank you very much for all you have done for everyone!
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i called it puttitout is new CEO of voat
i call PR goat. @puttitout announcements key please. i want to do that job for you, and i promise to do it well, and leave my shit at the door, as i have in v/til
i can't believe you're leaving @atko seriously with all of mars' sand in my eyes, fuck you. :( :( :(
it's better this way if you really won't transition from cubicle life to running-voat fulltime.
thank you for voat. from someone who REALLY fucking needs a place to speak freely. thank you.
Atko ago
Love you bro (no homo). I'll still be around, so we can keep exchanging pleasantries for many years to come.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
really?
i've been a total cunt to you
(i mean, because someone has to keep you devs honest and keep shining the light on ya so we know it's all on the up and up, you understand)
(no homo)
pleasantries such as how you berated me for having so many downvoats ignoring the fact the good majority of them were sraight up downvoats on non-content like spam?
or how i posted links to all your shit online?
or when i FINALLY got you to notice a year old bug that could be used to not just strikethrough, but fully make unreadable any and all voat pages?
or when i wrote you a canary and bitched till you made it a thing, making voat more awesome?
bro
one one hand, you were failing voat by moving towards the cubicle life instead of away, and failing to grow voat dev, corporate, site at the level the userbase could have been growing at mostly because of it.
on the other, you, regardless of your sjw heart (you wanted to ban v/niggers on the spot, bro.), you kept this place (other than -ccp restrictions, voat comment and post restrictions, and derpy guy and shadowboxing, and that time you ninja removed thc) free speech and no-censorship.
you did what no other site can do.
and i don't know if it was just atko magic or what
i hope that magic stays.
we've had some times bro
is there a corporate document you wish to share with us to make this official?
silversurfers ago
Total cunt
SaneGoatiSwear ago
you ban people on fee fees.
much?
silversurfers ago
Like your picture Brutsch?
NobleCreaturePuncher ago
You're not the hero voat wanted, but you're the hero that voat desreves.
edistojim ago
You did good.
DillHoleBagHands ago
You and your house are always welcome here in Indiana!
Atko ago
Thank you, much appreciated. My dream is to visit the US again and stay for longer than just a few weeks. Your country is beautiful.
toobaditworks ago
Let's meet up and go fishing.
heili ago
I'd motorcycle with ya.
NeedleStack ago
I regret not being able to meet you when you were in my city. :( You would have gotten the squeezing of a lifetime. :-D
7788789? ago
Just wait a few years and see how everything looks after Trump has made it great again. Our cities will stop looking like "sets from disaster movies", and start actually looking and running great, even down to the basic infrastructure.
DillHoleBagHands ago
While we do not have large monuments and shiny bobbles, we have a beautiful countryside here. And also corn fields, lots and lots of corn fields.
InyourfaceNancyGrace ago
No large monuments??? Have you been to Rushmore? Lady Liberty?
DillHoleBagHands ago
No large monuments in Indiana. I was not talking about the whole USA.
InyourfaceNancyGrace ago
Oh. Yea you're right there. Turkey Run is a damn fine park though (as well as Clifty Falls and many others; Turkey Run just has a lot of memories for me). And Indiana Beach shows you that "there is more than corn in Indiana". But yea I literally can't think of a single national monument in that state. Used to live there; I don't anymore.
DillHoleBagHands ago
I spent so many camping trips at Turkey Run! I think the Civil War monument in the middle of Indy is considered a national monument now.
thrus ago
There are some corn fields that feel you under represented how many corn fields there are here.
DillHoleBagHands ago
Haha, there are also soybean fields.
thrus ago
I have played that game before, see a field being plowed or seeded, corn or soybean? wait a while and find out.
DillHoleBagHands ago
I am glad I am not the only one! "Corn? Soybeans? Corn? Soybeans? Wait... What... Strawberries?"
thrus ago
This is a comment please respond, and ignore the IT guy running around looking at everyone's screen. I'm sure you are from the same area now and need to find out if you are a coworker.
DillHoleBagHands ago
I am taking online college classes from home so I am currently unemployed. Just keep an eye out for a skinny guy with a red Voat Goat sweatshirt and that is me.
derram ago
o7
7788639? ago
Thanks, Atko. Happy trails.
dottel ago
We salute you, and wish you well in all your endeavors.
HeavyBeefCurtain ago
Probably 50.01% majority stakeholder still ;)
Zednix ago
Thanks to you and putt we have this great site. Good luck.
GizaDog ago
Thanks man! Great vision and work pays off.
ToastyMcFly ago
Good luck and thanks for the site. Hopefully this is true and you aren't somewhere fucked up by one of the letter groups.
dontforgetaboutevil ago
Great.... So this is just about over then in other words?
Oh well I'm getting sick of the lunatic racists and political partisans anyway. CEO's don't leave successful platforms.
lord_nougat ago
K, later.
DickHertz ago
Lol
MCVoat ago
Based Atko,
Thank you for this gift you've given the world.
best of luck.
7788620? ago
Best message board ever
nutflix ago
We love you
ArsCortica ago
Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this project. I still remember Voat's more shaky days, and the website has improved ever since.
Mr_Sir ago
Thank you for creating this wonderful site. It has open the eyes for many of us, to what free speech truly looks like. I look forward to seeing you as a user. Baaaah.
GbannedbyLGBT ago
The CIA got to you too? Did they put you in room 101? Voat is a honeypot! Wake up sheeple!
I didn't know who you were even a month ago, now I am humbled and inspired by your journey.
Thanks for the sweet website, best of luck on your adventure and lycka till!
E: Goddamnit, it was a joke.
1WinfieldBlue ago
God bless mate
Failure ago
Long live @Puttitout! Long live @Atko!
Owlchemy ago
Best wishes on your future, atko! You and putt created something great here and I know it will only grow. Thanks a million for everything you did, and just enjoy this place for a spell as one of us. I doubt you had much time in your previous role, now you'll be able to sit back and see the good things that your baby has become! And congrats to putt, too ... you guys have always been fantastic, I really do believe this place has a bright future ahead.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
BOOBIES FOR @ATKO
Owlchemy ago
So let's see, most everyone masters this art in fourth grade. I mastered it in the 80s and early 90s, when computers were a new thing. But hey, keep them coming, sanegoat, it confirms to me the level of your intelligence.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
Owlchemy ago
No, not a personal attack. I'm just responding to someone showing that they're Voat's very own village idiot. I actually thought better of you. I was wrong.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
***BOOBIES FOR @ATKO ***
SaneGoatiSwear ago
SaneGoatiSwear ago
***BOOBIES FOR @ATKO ***
ThizzBoss ago
Peace out dude, I hope you don't get raped by a pack of wild niggers in sweden
Shakyamuni ago
He's in Switzerland, mate. Take it easy on the racism. People can't choose what color they're born.
ThizzBoss ago
They can choose not to move to Switzerland and rape all the locals
1moar ago
It's not an easy decision to make, but at some point something's gotta give. As someone who has managed and built, albeit much smaller communities, I know the sacrifices and stress; again, to a much smaller degree.
Have a pint or two and join in on the shenanigans, best of luck.
Iamoutlaw ago
Thank you for everything you've done @Atko! You're stance on free speech has been greatly appreciated and needed. I looking forward to @PuttItOut carrying that tradition.
SophisticatedMonkey ago
Even though you have stepped down as CEO I truly hope you remain active in the communities you have help forge.
Bonechip ago
First, thank you for your hard work. We needed this site to offset the travesty that is known as rEddit.
Second, be safe in your travels, and I wish you the best in your endeavors.
CantBuySkills ago
Thank you for giving us such a wonderful place to connect with other people without stifling free speech. Your hard work has paid off in numerous way and we have all benefited from it greatly. Thank you again Atko, best of luck with your future ventures.
amCassandraAMA ago
SaneGoatiswear in 3.. 2.. 1..
SaneGoatiSwear ago
interdasting
MadeToBeBroken ago
He's a regular on FPH. Went on a long rant about how Google is literally the devil. What is he (in)famous for over here?
amCassandraAMA ago
accusing voat of being a honeypot basically. Which he might be correct about, but hes acting like a dick.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
hey @puttitout do you see this war? what are your personal and professional opinions on the war on free speech raging in your site?
7789980? ago
So that's why this announcement post has exactly 1 downvote.
antiliberalsociety ago
You called it. Mr. "LOOK AT ME!!!" himself.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
this is here now, for each time you just get soo butthurt
Tipman79 ago
THat doesn't even make sense... Jesus man, even your comebacks are pathetic.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
oh look
a
who
by constantly shilling with
SelfReferenceParadox ago
From the Wikipedia article on "Shill":
"A shill, also called a plant or a stooge, is a person who publicly helps or gives credibility to a person or organization"
Who is he shilling for?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
and lol please consult a dictionary, possibly willfully ignorant nigger,
i just like watching low-level shills flounder around, can't you tell?
i am a magnet to you and your broke fee fees.
it's entertainment.
it's beneficial to have you all make it so obvious,
and it's beneficial that you spend your weak little energy on sanegoat than on other good goats.
i mean do you really not see this?
or do you not care because you're actually one of the paid ones?
months and months of constant attack on me
still here, stupid nigger :)
aaaaayyyy lmao
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Pure Aryan, I'm afraid :P
Also, Wikipedia is essentially a dictionary at this point.
What I'm trying to get at is that my only real 'agenda' is to argue with you.
I know, right?
Sure is.
I do get paid, just not in money :P
I mean, you're responding. That's an effect.
Marthvedderette ago
This faggot gets paid in sperm deposits, up his hairless ass. Gay nigger bitch.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
100%
shill
SelfReferenceParadox ago
And there's the end of the chain. I've fought off all your arguments, so you've got nothing left to do but ad hominum, I'll get the last word in, and you'll ignore me because there's nothing else you can say.
(Unless my mentioning of your not replying makes you feel as though you have to reply)
SaneGoatiSwear ago
your shilling is weak, and you look weak.
try again, next time, shill.
(remember, shill, not paid shill. anyone can consistently use fallacies and disinfo, and that includes your shilly ass!)
SelfReferenceParadox ago
I was hoping to not have to go hunting, but here are some comments to act as my 'base':
https://voat.co/v/announcements/1597313/7789738
https://voat.co/v/announcements/1597313/7789578
https://voat.co/v/whatever/1591738/7762175
In all three, an argument is presented against you, and you just call people names rather than address the argument in any way. People respond to your name calling, and you ignore the responses.
Which tactics? I'm just making a couple true statements, then speculating on the mental process that leads to the statements.
It worked, didn't it?
Such as bad formatting :(
Same.
Same.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
here, for you to fill out
SelfReferenceParadox ago
You sure refuted my points with that insult.
I do enjoy the irony in you responding to my point about you lacking solid arguments with a post lacking solid arguments.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
only provide the shill with
this
and that's it from now on.
SelfReferenceParadox ago
Neither of us, then. It's entirely possible to have a solid argument without taking it seriously. Is my point invalidated because you don't take it as a life or death matter? Perhaps that's a fallacy in and of itself.
lol
Failure ago
https://i.imgtc.com/q5HbpYy.png
SaneGoatiSwear ago
loooks like someone needs a little
SelfReferenceParadox ago
What did you make that in?
antiliberalsociety ago
Says the guy that tags admins 20 times a post. I seriously think they quietly blocked you by now.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
antiliberalsociety ago
SelfReferenceParadox ago
My theory is that he thinks he's greentexting, but isn't sane enough to realize it doesn't work.
Or maybe he just likes to look stupid.
7788760? ago
"Sane" and his ensuing rant have been neutralized by the canary edit.
Now all we have to worry about is the increased burden this change will put on PuttItOut.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
BOOBIES FOR ATKO
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i called it @ puttitout is new CEO of voat
i call PR goat. @ puttitout announcements key please. i want to do that job for you, and i promise to do it well, and leave my shit at the door, as i have in v/til
i can't believe you're leaving @ atko seriously with all of mars' sand in my eyes, fuck you. :( :( :(
it's better this way if you really won't transition from cubicle life to running-voat fulltime.
thank you for voat. from someone who REALLY fucking needs a place to speak freely. thank you.
putt i call that you flesh out your corporation. the hardest thing is not bringing anyone onboard who will fuck up free speech, no censorship, no shitty ads, etc.
time to remove the -ccp restriction. time to have discussion on financial transparency. time for traffic reports again. time for announcements again (that's me!)... time for SO MUCH now that voat is run by an active admin!
@ puttitout remember that idea i sent you a while back you called me your "second favorite voat user" for? time to implement that shit.
time to flesh out the dev team as well bro. trusted non-sjws please.
EDIT: ONE LAST SHILL FOR ATKO, GOYS.. C'MON -4 AVERAGE ON EVERY SINGLE COMMENT?! THAT'S IT?! @ FUZZYWORDS COULD DO BETTER WITH JUST HER BOTS!!!! AYYY LMAO
EDIT 2: THAAAAAATS better -8 on each comment. you can almost take your training wheels off now, son! AYYY LMAO
AmaleksHairyAss ago
shitty mod etc etc 8
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i pledge to work with puttitout if putt will work with me.
the disconnect with atko and i was that i was intending to be watching him, the watcher.
and he took it as attack instead of voat-defense, free speech - defense.
and that put distance between us.
he stopped responding meaningfully to serious questions
he started shitposting me with disinfo and fallacy.
and the chasm grew :(
i want nothing other than: free speech and no censorship on voat, and voat to be healthy and free and as profitable as it need be without compromising the ethos and idea of the site.
@puttitout first order of business: rehire @atko.
***puttitout make this: https://imgoat.com/thumb/4ca4238a0b/184_md.png ***
Broc_Lia ago
Why should putitout work with you? You're making it sound like you're colleagues or something, or that atko owed it to you to be close to you.
7814171? ago
It is really goddamn annoying to get spammed with his same bullshit every single time, purely because I made the top reply to the top comment on this post.
Tipman79 ago
I think it's funny that every post that calls "sane" out, immediately getrs 4 to 6 downvoats. Can someone confirm he's using alts? Every single post that attacks him gets downvoated yet his downvoats stay the same. There's no way this is all legit.
Broc_Lia ago
I downvoted that post because I don't want to give him any more attention. Right now, the first half of this comment section is his bullshit, if that post were at the bottom then it'd mostly be thank you notes to atko.
He definitely uses alts though.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
every post i make gets those downvoats, and everyone can see that.
luckily other people then upvoat me.
you're just super butthurt someone upvoats me because i hurt your fee fees
simply by existing, so here, you need this agin
Tipman79 ago
Nah, other people don't upvoat you. You do it yourself. Faggot.
greycloud ago
i am in the middle of going through his comment history and up voting every comment he made. i have the up votes to spare and i like his protection of free speech. anyhow i am now on page 4, i will be going for a while.
HarveyHarveyJones ago
I upvoat him asshole.stop speaking on behalf of a whole community. You're only one goat
SaneGoatiSwear ago
the shill hypocricy is epic in this thread, eh?
HarveyHarveyJones ago
7 downvoats. Because i said dont speak on behalf of an entire community, which he/she was doing. Welcome to voat
SaneGoatiSwear ago
we must combat this.
shine light where there is darkness.
Germ22 ago
I upvoat him, almost every single time.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
FUCK that was funny, germ.
ya got me good bro.
i really didn't see that coming in the click :)
Germ22 ago
You are my favorite goat, and do a very important job. And i think you do it very well.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
shhh don't tell anyone!
lol.
cheers!
keep testing reality, questioning authority, checking sources, calling out shills :)
7796172? ago
You can see a similar level of "automatic upvoting" on any of the posts he makes, so yes, it is almost certainly his alts doing the protective voting, just like any other cucked shill trying to protect their fragile ego.
Tipman79 ago
Ok, so does this also explain why his CCP has INCREASED in the last 24 hours despite almost every one of his comments being downvoated?
Broc_Lia ago
He posts a comment, upvotes it with alts, then deletes it so it can no longer be downvoted.
7803091? ago
That could also be the case, but that is harder to track, particularly if he has his own personal subverse maintained by an alt account (since we wouldn't even necessarily see any link to that subverse from his profile unless we happened to see the upvoted comment before it got destroyed).
7796217? ago
Most likely, yes. Downvotes are limited to the past 7 days, but upvotes can be eternally granted. Age a few alt accounts enough to get out of the new-account limiters, and you can basically counteract any karma loss from all but the most massive posts here.
Tipman79 ago
Fuck... this jackass needs to be removed...
7796252? ago
Yep, just like Amalek's spam accounts and MH101's old bot accounts. He acts all high and mighty, but the truth about him is about as obvious as the big crooked nose on Amalek's Jewish face.
Tor1 ago
List of sane alts
MightyYetGentle7
HWY__395
Pissant
sane mega upvoater
Germ22.
IMHO nothing needs to be done about alts. Just a phenomenon to be aware of.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
@puttitout check out the massive stupid on this one!
7805499? ago
I'm sorry, you need to fill out this forum to continue:
http://i.magaimg.net/img/cz.png
7799102? ago
Are you sure about MightyYetGentle and HWY_395? They seem like normal users to me (or at least HWY_395 does).
silversurfers ago
"Normal" That's a fucking laugher!
7814310? ago
Normal for Voat at least.
Tor1 ago
Sane Goat is probably an alt of a normal productive user.
Clearly he could behave normally, he just chooses not to.
I like this comment you made...
See, this is the kind of post that will get you near-universal praise, Amalek. You're not attacking any Voat users, you aren't ranting, you aren't spamming this multiple times in the same subverse, you're sharing useful information with the rest of Voat.
This is some good shit right here, keep it up.
7799650? ago
It is my top comment, so a lot of people felt the same way about it.
It does say something about my ability to make comments early in a post's popularity that my 3rd best comment is from my first day on Voat over 18 months ago...
Tor1 ago
It's something a friend or family member would say.
Your comments are twice as popular as mine.
7799894? ago
Your posts are 10x as popular as mine, and you make far more of them.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
guilty shills
again, linking to mega threads FILLED with EVIDENCE!
calling out the shills
first selection of recent evidential comments
second selection of recent evidential comments
third selection of recent evidential comments
selection of recent evidential posts
the guilty shills with pleas of guilty
@heygeorge @failure @fuzzywords @filmia @seeprime
@expertshitposter @markzila @SaneGoatKnot @cassis @bikergang_accountant
@goatworrier @big_amish @innocentbystander @nadrewood
@tinyrick @sanegoatoyswear @autoturret @p0ssum
@p0ssumsalt @antiliberalsociety @womb_raider @tor1
@kevdude @precipitate @tipman79 @mrpim @lockeproposal
@amalekshairyass @mick @broc_lia @rotteuxx @oeethagreat @selfreferenceparadox
@disappointed @failure @mickgoestojail @cynoclast @crensch
@adhdferret @rainy-day-dream @tovoatornottogoat @womb_raider @silversurfers
@zombielordzero @0iamlordeyayaya0 @norwegianblackmetal @markthenerd @ginganinja
@madetobebroken @doctor_strange @derkatalog @fortressomega @superconductiverabbi
@crewexpendable @thantik @anti-stupid @bonechip @morojax
@tzitzimitl @liberalpenguin @imyourbiggestfat @derek @13osiris13
@ipunchnazis @candace @maelask3
@unclespez1 @armyseer @nerobot @phobos_mothership @millennial_falcon
@tehlolman @fujin @digitalentity1497 @firevine @00ellis
@wiseowl623 @crazyinaninsaneworld
@whitesoimustberacist @blacksoimustberacist @LA6661 @jw48335 @1moar
@codewow @morbo @markzila @webofslime @lemongarb
@metalaegis @cheap_knockoff @cassis @tippyc @innocentbystander
@puttitout @silentsmoker @sadmanstan @kimchiwarrior @cancel-cat-facts
@goat_watch @skillyourself @turtlesarepureevil @patricoles @mattvision
@protectdeeznuts @truthseaker @techius @techius22 @commonorgardengoat
@insanegoatiswear
users who self-admitted they were shilling for censorship in one way or another, in the mega thread
@bootin @foralltosee @bdmthrfkr @common_sense @eagleshigh
@leaffur @redditisdead
users found to be shilling who actually denied it
@longyybearr @0011011000111001 @inhysterics @AOU @peaceseeker
username list of one shill bot army clone regimine they've let go public; each has about 125 ccp now. 45 accounts. what their commenting and self-brigading style is
@cygnus_tswbq @cygnus_tcmru @cygnus_qeife @cygnus_zjqvs @cygnus_bxtse
@cygnus_cbbte @cygnus_rhsdc @cygnus_xmctx @cygnus_whoui @cygnus_fkqpo
@cygnus_gyrii @cygnus_gbnmg @cygnus_rhsdc @cygnus_prcxl @cygnus_oqmlb
@cygnus_dfjcx @cygnus_ihuja @cygnus_bmuko @cygnus_nyatm @cygnus_qfgne
@cygnus_ujxvh @cygnus_pgffm @cygnus_xoxmh @cygnus_LdqjL @cygnus_vefnh
@cygnus_vdksa @cygnus_huynv @cygnus_naqyb @cygnus_Lrioh @cygnus_ggggf
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The_Penis_Wizard ago
Can I be a shill?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
you're so late to the party
also
SHITLORDFORLIFE
yeaaaaaaaa twp
are you cabal?
do you use disinfo tactics and fallacy frequently? (not shitposting or trolling bro)
The_Penis_Wizard ago
Can't really say I do. I just like being on lists of hated people.
I'll work on it and get back to you.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
not hated bro
shills
that's all.
users who have shilled openly for censorship on voat and the silence of users on voat.
The_Penis_Wizard ago
Is that so? Why are they here then? They have reddit for that.
I haven't really been able to keep up with voat for the last while. Work keeps me too busy.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
THATS what i say lol no jk humans have free speech, and all are free to speak on voat, la??
ok.
so yeah
https://voat.co/v/ProtectVoat/1602162 enjoy.
check the fact that's just a small portion of the shilling aimed at me. the links at the top have mundo evidence.
chris ago
what the fuck am I looking at?
Joshiahis ago
why is this getting downvotes? damn communists
Vladimara ago
GTFO
silversurfers ago
asshole
SaneGoatiSwear ago
AYY LMAO
mamwad ago
I INVENTED THAT MEME
Tzitzimitl ago
what canary edit? the one @atko links to was posted three months ago and hasnt been edited at all.
7793419? ago
Go check it again. The important stuff is in the sidebar.
Tzitzimitl ago
dammit i keep forgetting about the sidebar
7794424? ago
It is much easier to see on the desktop version of this site than on the mobile version.
SeemsReasonable ago
Those numbers are satisfying for some reason.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
NO.
the "dead man's switch" or on voat the "dead goat's switch"
is to hit edit, then hit save on the post
that refreshes the "most recent edited time" on the right bar.
this acts as a functional dead man's switch.
they have officially said they will update it with announcements
so the canary is only dead when they post an announcement without also editing the canary.
Helios-Apollo ago
What information did you have that could have led to the arrest of Hillary Clinton???
KEK_is_truth ago
RIP Helios-Apollo
NeedleStack ago
Fuck. Well, I understand but I'm going to miss you. Because I predict we'll be seeing less of you around here. :(
Atko ago
I don't think that it will be easy to stay away from Voat after all these years ;) so you'll still be seeing me around here. Here's a virtual hug :)
AmaleksHairyAss ago
One hug please. No homo.
Atko ago
Sure thing (hugs amaleks hairy ass)...
molehairz ago
I can't blame you. Voat has become a total shit hole.
Infiltrated with mossad at every corner, nothing but an extremist circlejerking echochamber.
Broc_Lia ago
That just sounds wrong.
NeedleStack ago
Yay! Ahh, a hug from adorable Atko! :-D
raw ago
Are you going to be a regular user or remain as a super user?
DerpyPigSauce ago
Thank you for this place, it's not perfect but to some of us it's home
Firevine ago
Thank you for your work.
goatsandbros ago
Thank you for the great community you founded, @Atko. Best for your future!
Congrats, and welcome as our overlord, @PuttItOut!
7788543? ago
Thank you for everything.
VIP740 ago
Thanks for getting it started for us.
7788538? ago
So you're going to be just a regular user then?
smokratez ago
What about the honey pot accusations? The no canary shit. Got anything to say about that?
Atko ago
I added the canary link and Putt updated the canary post, sorry about that. Honey pot accusations? Bullshit, we've never been contacted by any government body or anyone who wanted information about a Voat user. However, every website which lets you leave a footprint - can be used against you, for as long as you are traceable. And, unfortunately, almost everyone is traceable for as long as they connect to the internet using an ISP which has your information on record. The internet in its current state is monitored and controlled. I think many years will pass until we have encryption on everything by default. Until then, stay smart and stay safe, whatever you do on the wire.
smokratez ago
Not bad. I appreciate it. Just kidding. Thanks.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
thanks for that answer bro
atko edited out the statement i wrote into the canary "voat is not a honeypot/trap." because "those words aren't legally solid enough" lol for a warrant canary that's not legally solid in the first place.
let's keep it in context, atko.
yes the entire net is compromised.
that doesn't mean you website hosters should just give up.
that's a fallacious response atko.