They've come for us. Again. (announcements)

submitted ago by PuttItOut

Buckle up. Voat is currently being hit with a malicious attack. This couldn't have possibly happened at a worse time for me personally and I may have to put Voat into lockdown mode or even set it to Read Only. Perhaps we will resurrect the
bit privilege checking goat (you know you miss having your bits privilege checked).

I'm hoping that the code is in a good enough place to handle a majority of the incoming traffic, but expect slow responses.

I will try my best to keep Voat online. Wish me luck.

Edit:

I'm still waiting for the main attack. Every DDOS we've been hit with before follows a pattern of probing exploits, quiet time, then the full attack. So we will see, but waiting is the hardest part

Edit 2:

As of now I feel they've postponed. After taking us down two times the morning of this announcement, I've seen no further activity. A temporary win I suppose.

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

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ThoseFeels ago

I'm not exactly proud that I spend so much of my time here.

But the fact is I am here all of the time, everyday.

Voat must be very important to me. Without it I would feel completely isolated from any like minded people of my tribe.

My endless gratitude, Putt.

Please do what needs to be done to keep the masts billowed.

-feels

FattestManOnMars ago

Exactly how I feel, honestly. I keep wishing I knew more people in my real life who were more informed. It's just so sad to see everyone I know completely engulfed by consumerism and orchestrated distractions to really care enough about truth and what's really going on in the world around them. Not a lot of people I know care much for philosophy, critical thinking and such. I try to stay aware of my phone and mindless Internet consumption these days, but I budget some evening time or at least a work break for this every day because, like you, it's become pretty important to me to check in on the site.

RealBlackberry ago

I share that feeling exactly. It's mind boggling how igorant people are and want to remain.