What did they do this time? (announcements)

submitted ago by Atko

Voat is currently getting hit with a huge amount of traffic as a direct result of recent changes happening over at that other place.

Everyone, we’re sorry. We’re both sad to see what we once loved change in this manner, but we’re also excited about the future, but our future won't be traveling down this same path.

We won’t be getting any sleep tonight (again) and we are doing everything we can to handle the traffic.

Our budget is limited but we’ll make sure to fight to the last penny in order to keep Voat alive for this community. If you want to donate, well, now is the time. Our bitcoin address is 1C4Q1RvUb3bzk4aaLVgGccnSnaHYFdESzY.

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gromenawer ago

They fire a mod from IAMA, who apparently was very beloved and resourceful.

As a result, a lot of popular subreddits has been set to private as protest.

EDIT: Apparently the mod was actually an admin too. Please read further in the comment tree for more info.

EDIT2: List of subs going private: https://np.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bxjyu/list_of_subreddits_suddenly_going_private/ . Holly jumping volcano!

1Q84 ago

Woah, /r/iama is private!

Do you have any more info or context?

Elek1138 ago

Victoria, who organised and ran most of the AMAs, has been let go, without any warning. Several subreddits are in disarray as a result, as they have no way to contact several of the scheduled AMAs. Victoria even offered to help with the AMAs during the transition, without pay, but the admins said no.

indolent ago

Admins didn't say no. They just turned the sub private so there's no iama's happening. Here is the direct quote:

She was still willing to help them today (before the sub was shut down, of course) even without being paid or required to do so. Just a sign of how much she is committed to what she does.