Change of Guard (announcements)

submitted ago by Atko

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

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amCassandraAMA ago

SaneGoatiswear in 3.. 2.. 1..

antiliberalsociety ago

You called it. Mr. "LOOK AT ME!!!" himself.

SaneGoatiSwear ago

oh look

a

confirmed shill

who

shills for the silence of another user

by constantly shilling with

personal attacks

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

fitting facts to alternate conclusions

skips the second relevant definition

and lol please consult a dictionary, possibly willfully ignorant nigger,

100% confirmed shill

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

shill assuming they have any effect at all

SelfReferenceParadox ago

please consult a dictionary, possibly willfully ignorant nigger,

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.

it's entertainment.

I know, right?

it's beneficial that you spend your weak little energy on sanegoat than on other good goats.

Sure is.

or do you not care because you're actually one of the paid ones?

I do get paid, just not in money :P

shill assuming they have any effect at all

I mean, you're responding. That's an effect.

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

makes baseless claims about sanegoat ala personal attack

fails to back up any claims

uses disinfo tactics such as misdirection and fallacies aplenty to

attempt to and fail to emotionalize goad opponent

associate opponent with negative concepts

etc

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

makes baseless claims about sanegoat ala personal attack

fails to back up any claims

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.

uses disinfo tactics such as misdirection and fallacies aplenty to

Which tactics? I'm just making a couple true statements, then speculating on the mental process that leads to the statements.

attempt to and fail to emotionalize goad opponent

It worked, didn't it?

associate opponent with negative concepts

Such as bad formatting :(

try again, next time, shill.

Same.

remember, shill, not paid shill. anyone can consistently use fallacies and disinfo, and that includes your shilly ass

Same.

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

fails to understand his opponent isn't taking his overt shilling seriously

and will not respond meaningfully to overt shilling

only provide the shill with

this

and that's it from now on.

SelfReferenceParadox ago

fails to understand his opponent isn't taking his overt shilling seriously

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.

will not respond meaningfully

lol

SelfReferenceParadox ago

What did you make that in?