Shall we continue? (announcements)

submitted ago by PuttItOut

First off, I need to say that I know I’ve let a lot of you down (if not all). I know I’ve not met your expectations of an admin or a leader. I have no excuses as even I feel this way about myself. I won’t make attempts for empathy, I will only acknowledge the truth, and it is such.

Life is full of surprises. You can be rich one minute and living out of your car the next. You can be healthy one year and a regular in the doctor’s office the following. You can have life figured out only to discover you know nothing in the end. The only constant in life is change. My life is not the same it was when I first met @Atko and started working on Voat. I have much less time, I have a bit less fight in me (getting old does this), I have a bit more struggle in life. These life changes have forced me to put Voat on the back burner (which hurts me).

Let’s get real

When it comes to “Free Speech” sites, I once believed that people cared enough about the value of free speech to make “clone” sites like Voat (or gab) successful. I’ve come to realize, and have said before, that this single factor isn’t enough. People simply do not value this right enough to make a “clone” successful.

You can see this with Voat. A majority of Voat users still use Reddit. People use Reddit for posting and interacting when it comes to PC topics (4 wheel drive subs, movie subs, book subs, etc.). They use Voat to post the things they can’t post on Reddit. This creates an imbalance where Voat becomes increasingly un-PC, while Reddit gets the neutral content (I know even the most hardened ideologue has a level of civility). The end result is this imbalance drives people away as people wear out when confronted by content like this over the long run.

I don’t know the solution to this, and I am not attempting to pass blame, I am simply stating a truth that has to considered.

What makes a clone not a clone?

Why I mention this in the first place is that I know a “clone” site will not become sustainable based on Freedom of Speech so I’ve tried to revolutionize the “community” aspect of Voat by providing a way the community itself can “vote” on policy (rules, mods, anything actually). It's the future capability of this feature-set that is appealing. A community can become self-sustaining and self-manageable through this new technology. After all, the draw of sites like Voat or Reddit is that it is community-oriented vs. self-oriented.

And I’m going to finish it. I’m going to finish it for me. I’m going to finish it for you. I’m going to finish it for Voat. I’m going to finish it for Freedom of Speech (because I still believe in this ideal).

I’m going to finish it because a “clone” site with no differentiation but policy will never succeed.

So Voat, please forgive me for my shortcomings if you can, and expect my work to continue on making Voat a truly unique website.

Soon.

P.S. Downtime today was because of a full disk (Thanks @derram for letting me know). We had an issue from about a year ago that inflated some files to crazy sizes and I took the time today to deal with this. So the next downtime should be something completely different! Yay!

https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806

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drozzxd ago

The globalists won't be defeated without free speech sites like voat. Thanks for sticking it out.

Tallest_Skil ago

Censorship: BYPASSED 2

The jews won’t be exterminated if you’re too much of a fucking pussy to call them by their name, either.

Look at all these fucking kikes downvoting me with their sockpuppets and bots.

FairDinkum ago

why "exterminate" anybody? IF people were told The Truth from the beginning and we had a 'fair' system of world trade, there's a good chance everyone would be able to do "ok" i.e. no homeless on the streets of the US (a country that currently has hundreds of thousands of vacant homes)

people across the world could Stop arguing and fighting and join together to make everyone's Lives the 'excellent experience' it could/should be

Tallest_Skil ago

why "exterminate" anybody?

Why do the only thing that will actually solve the problem we have? Gee, I don’t know.

IF people were told The Truth from the beginning and schools taught useful shit

Doesn’t matter. Eventually the jews take over the schools and stop teaching useful shit and telling the truth. Every. Single. Time. Always. Without fail. For MILLENNIA.

and we'd need a 'fair' system of world trade

Eventually the jews take over the banks, get rid of gold, and create fiat and usury. Every single time.

there's a good chance everyone would be able to do "ok" i.e. no homeless on the streets of the US (a country that currently has hundreds of thousands of vacant homes)

Without the Fed, the US would not only be PHYSICALLY larger right now, homelessness as a concept would likely not register for anyone. Never mind the technological advancements.

people across the world could Stop arguing and fighting and join together

Fuck your multiculturalist bullshit. Fuck your propaganda. YOU’VE BEEN BRAINWASHED FROM BIRTH TO THINK THIS IS GOOD. We’re not supposed to join together. We’re supposed to war. We’re supposed to live in exclusively white nations or exclusively black nations. That’s the ONLY healthy behavior.

FairDinkum ago

We’re supposed to live in exclusively white nations or exclusively black nations.

And where the fuck do the Asianns fit in? Or the "half black" people? I guess you'd kill them right? Social purity and eugenics at it's finest ... says the quaran

Seriously.

Says who? WHO TAUGHT YOU THIS?

Yep, as you say, it's You who 'made it up' from your own half assed beliefs and smoking too many cones while playing FPS games all day at your mom's?

YOU HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED FROM BIRTH TO THINK THIS IS GOOD.

(btw; Your poor English shows you're NOT an American (or English speaking country born, person) Maybe you are a bot! lol Definitely an agro idiot

You are projecting your beliefs .... who taught you these things? An AI?

I KNOW for a fact you weren't 'born' or even spent the first few YEARS of your life NOT thinking about such shit, so, pray tell who TAUGHT YOU these 'beliefs' -- they are nothing more. Who 'gives You the 'right' to decree' what's "right" or "wrong"?

NOBODY except yourself.

We’re not supposed to join together.

Really? Says who? WHO TOLD YOU THAT? You didn't "make it up all by yourself" did you now?

We’re supposed to war.

really? Who TAUGHT YOU that? The quaran? WTF is "war" good for? Tell me ONE thing where "war *helped" anyone but the banksters?

And IF that's the case, "why aren't YOU out there 'fighting (useless) wars'? (for the people WHO TOLD YOU all this violent, racist shit you believe)

Are you a coward or just full of shit?

When was the last time you had a REAL Fight? Ever?

Tallest_Skil ago

And where the fuck do the Asianns fit in?

In exclusively Asian nations. Do you really need your fucking hand held?

Or the "half black" people?

Not in white nations. Mulattos and zambos will have to either make their own or defend themselves in black nations.

I guess you'd kill them right?

lol, project harder

Social purity and eugenics at it's finest

There is literally nothing wrong with eugenics, you hypocritical motherfucker. Every species on Earth is selectively bred. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

says the quaran

Nope.

Seriously.

Nope.

Says who?

Says common sense. Says all scientific studies ever done since the dawn of man. Says every nation since the dawn of man. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

WHO TAUGHT YOU THIS?

You don’t need to be taught instinct, you braindead psychopath.

Yep, as you say, it's You who 'made it up' from your own half assed beliefs and smoking too many cones while playing FPS games all day at your mom's?

Holy fucking Christ, go back to reddit. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

Everything I said is fact. Prove it wrong if it’s wrong.

Your poor English

Are you fucking insane? Clinically, that is. Nowhere have I used improper grammar. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

shows you're NOT an American

Born and raised, moishe.

Definitely an agro idiot

You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

You are projecting your beliefs

Nope, truth is not a matter of opinion. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

I KNOW for a fact you weren't 'born'

Okay, run along. You are clinically insane.

Who 'gives You the 'right' to decree' what's "right" or "wrong"?

You are brainwashed. You are mentally ill. You are a communist stooge. Truth is not a matter of opinion. Facts don’t care about your feelings. Your subjectivist bullshit is a lie. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

NOBODY except yourself.

Truth is not a matter of opinion, kid. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

Really? Says who?

Says common sense. Says all scientific studies ever done since the dawn of man. Says every nation since the dawn of man. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

Who TAUGHT YOU that?

Says common sense. Says all scientific studies ever done since the dawn of man. Says every nation since the dawn of man. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

The quaran?

Learn how to spell, hypocrite.

WTF is "war" good for?

Tell me ONE thing where "war *helped"

Let’s see… the Crusades, the Inquisition, the American wars, the European wars of conquest in Africa, the European wars of conquest in Asia… Oh, and quite a few of the Roman conquests. Why? Are you really that stupid? Do you know what antibiotics are?

the banksters

Name the jew, coward.

And IF that's the case, "why aren't YOU out there 'fighting (useless) wars'?

Because I don’t fight useless wars, dipshit. Stop posting strawmen and you’ll get an answer.

for the people WHO TOLD YOU

No one told me what is innately known by all humans, YOU BRAIN DAMAGED LUNATIC.

racist

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING COMMUNIST FAGGOT. HE THINKS RACISM IS BAD. HE HAS NO ARGUMENT WHATSOEVER

Are you a coward or just full of shit?

lol, false dichotomy

When was the last time you had a REAL Fight? Ever?

Post your address, paid shill, and we’ll make it tomorrow. You have no argument. You have no refutation. You have no evidence. You have nothing to add.

FairDinkum ago

LMAO .... You are one fucked up person

Tell me ONE thing where "war *helped"

Let’s see… the Crusades, the Inquisition, the American wars, the European wars of conquest in Africa, the European wars of conquest in Asia… Oh, and quite a few of the Roman conquests. Why? Are you really that stupid?** Do you know what antibiotics are?**

wtf had antibiotics got to do with 'war' ... just becoz they were discovered before BOTH WW's!

The era of antibacterial treatment began with the discoveries of arsenic-derived synthetic antibiotics by Alfred Bertheim and Ehrlich in 1907

p.s. meet me at 8 Limbs gym in Bondi, Sydney I'll be there at 7am

Tallest_Skil ago

LMAO .... You are one fucked up person, a sociopath to be precise, but that's nothiing special, 5% of the population are sociopaths

Not an argument. Thanks for admitting you were proven wrong.

"insticts"! WTF?!

Are you too stupid to know what instincts are?

instinct to be any behavior which did not require cognition or consciousness to perform

K.

STRAW MAN

Nope, explicitly answered the question without changing its purpose.

You simply named a few ld conflicts, NOT the "benefits' they provided

Explicitly listed the benefits.

BTW you forgot the "Opium Wars"

Why would I include one of the least beneficial wars?

and AGAIN, wtf had antibiotics got to do with 'war'

You’re mentally ill. You’re too fucking stupid to comprehend your own question.

just becoz they were discovered before BOTH WW's!

What do the world wars have anything to do with the question?

Good luck using ALL that "common sense"

Thanks for admitting you’re trolling.

p.s. meet me at Bond shopping center, in Sydney, where I have a gym.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAAHAH

pads

Guns, rather. You’ll be executed for your complicity in treason.

Bring cash

I don’t swing that way, faggot.

FairDinkum ago

Hey, someone posted this just for idiots like you

https://voat.co/v/funny

Tallest_Skil ago

Not an argument. No one cares about your lies.

FairDinkum ago

Oh you're gonna look back on these (childhood) days of yours and cringe with shame at your ignorance "back then" as you're physically suffering from it's effects "in the moment"

but I'm just some fuckwit troll (HEY I admit it!) that you fell for hook, line and sinker .... what a world you must exists in if that's the best you've got ... do you ever go outside?

Tallest_Skil ago

Thanks for admitting you were proven wrong and that everything I said was correct. Nothing you are saying has anything to do with the topic.