Not at Voat apparently.
The theories are all over the place, like a blind man throwing darts, and upon some reflection I can see why. I have not been very visible lately and Voat has had some down time recently that raised the Voat Uncertainty Index (VUI) past 52 week highs. With the recent Facebook F8 conference and their announced plans to fully control and rate publishers while limiting content visibility in the name of making news more “trustworthy” (via AI based technology), places like Voat are increasingly more sought after. I often forget how much Voat means to you all and how much trust you've put into @Atko and I over the years.
About the recent downtime
I finally have a few minutes to explain what happened. This will not be an exciting tale but here is how this all went down. Since the port we’ve lost a few management tools that have monitored Voat and notified us if it was being bad, so take this into consideration.
Every AM and PM I check the site manually, I’ve done this every day for nearly 4 years (where is my cookie?), but I didn’t do this for an entire week (perhaps a week and a half). I went completely dark, turned off all notifications on my phone and didn’t even touch a computer and it was everything that I thought it could be. I did this because my mother was in town and I haven’t spent much time with her over the last few years. I decided to 100% disconnect from the virtual world in order that I could be fully present with her. She is an incredible person and life is short.
But then… like a perfect storm, the voat webserver ran out of disk space on the primary drive. This is what caused the downtime. It’s almost laughable (because it’s not the first time something this junior (can I say noob) has happened here at the High-Tech Capital of Free Speech).
Thank God superman @Atko was in between fixing catastrophic world events to fly over and fix Voat. He used his x-ray vision and nerves of steel to lift away the huge weight of unneeded log files in order to allow the webserver to breathe again (I'll never be a writer). I’m so glad Europe has a superman too.
TL;DR: Problem happened and @Atko fixed it. Send him praise.
While the decision to go dark was a huge plus for my family life, it was a choice that has caused a lot of distrust, uncertainty, and concern within the Voat community.
About me
I have been fairly burnt out lately (code related) and a bit down about Voat in general (I will perhaps write a post about this later), which is why I am not very visible lately. I've recently started pursuing further education and have dedicated myself to reading more.
I have been lurking though (and watching everyone like Big Brother /s).
I’m sorry about how things appeared, about not communicating earlier, and about the concern it caused. I'll also apologize for being short with a few people that were good to Voat over the years - that isn't the kind of person I want to be.
https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806
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Crensch ago
We love you, Putt. Do what you need to do, and ask of us whatever is needed.
12658793? ago
Just the kind of love and admiration I'd expect from a JEW!
Slayfire122 ago
You can start by deleting yourself to free up disk space. Please don't delete yourself
weredawg ago
Delet this.
NumbDigger ago
Would voat still be voat without Crensch though? Who would remind me to hate the Jews?
uvulectomy ago
I mean we've still got @KosherHiveKicker to remind us of all the times when JEW MEDIA IS SILENT. =P
MadWorld ago
But @Crensch is the go-to guy to point out the jews and he is very good at it... @KosherHiveKicker is there to remind us. They both serve different functions.
Slayfire122 ago
Amalek. I'm sure he's still here somewhere.
NumbDigger ago
I started after after Amalek "quit for our sins". It sounds awesome though, as a middle kid I enjoy some vicarious butt hurt. That's probably why I'm here. That, and truth.
heygeorge ago
If you're not also here for bullshit, you're doing it wrong.
NumbDigger ago
Bullshit is my reason d'être.