It’s embarrassing but it’s true, I just can’t keep it up. I’ve tried meditation, I’ve tried prayer, I’ve tried reaching out for help. Some solutions worked for a little while but nothing has remedied the underlying issue. No matter what I do, I simply just can’t keep it up. I expect most will be disappointed and let down, while others will just point and laugh. So be it, it’s a problem every man like me will face at some point.
One thing is true though, while I kept it up, it was glorious in many ways. It was the hardest (website to corrupt with CCP rules), it was the biggest (bundle of laughs ever… 4chan raids us and we didn’t even notice), it was bulging (with red pills and truth that you can’t find anywhere else), it was throbbing (with people eager to teach others the deception of the world). It’s so great in so many ways that it has a list of haters who will be extremely aroused by this post.
I know I’m going to get a hundred PMs from all of Voat’s hottest girls (Voat has some hot women, fact) with tips and tricks on how to help me keep it up. While I appreciate the concern and the offers of lending me a hand, we’re just going to have accept the situation for what it is- it’s just not going to be much fun for anyone.
/s (end of sarcasm)
What happened
I fight not being bitter and resentful. You see, this wasn’t supposed to happen, at least not now. The short of it is that the “Angel” defaulted on the contract in March 2020. This is when Voat lost all of it’s funding. I personally decided to keep Voat up until after the U.S. election of 2020. I’ve been paying the costs out of pocket but now I’m out of money.
A New Perspective
Instead of feeling pity or vengeful, I’m instead going to celebrate the fact that Voat stayed up for so long. In my opinion, Voat is and will always be the biggest dysfunctional family on the internet. Voat users were much more intimate with each other than other sites (chances are you have a handful of enemies and a handful of friends that you can list by name at a moment’s notice). Voat always had a better community dynamic than any other site on the internet. Considering everything, Voat was untouchable. There will never be another Voat and each of us had the opportunity to enjoy it. That’s awesome.
Some say life is worth it all if you can help just one single person. In this way I know Voat was worth it because you guys have changed thousands and thousands of people’s hearts and minds. You’ve made so many people aware of the lies taught as truth and the truth taught as conspiracy. It’s beautiful. What a great thing.
I love you all. Every single one of you. I hope you all have a life filled with overflowing joy and happiness. So many of you have been so selfless over the years, helping in so many ways. My heart is just touched when I think of all the good that was generated. Fucking love you guys (Say it in a slurred drunken voice).
Another great thing is that we stayed true over here on our end. Atko and I never betrayed our users. Never once. In fact, I can list example of example of how we ended up doing the right thing over what we wanted to do or what we felt like doing. I’ve come to find that doing the right thing is often the hardest thing. But we did it. We didn’t sell out and we passed the test.
The Sacrifice
I will lay Voat upon the cross on December 25th 2020 at 12 noon PST. I have chosen Christmas as the day to do so in honor of the only True thing you will find in this world and that is Jesus Christ, the son of God, and the only way to the Father. I chose 12 noon in honor of the twelve disciples who spread the message of salvation to the world. In this way, my hope is that perhaps 12 people will carry the cross for Freedom of Speech and sacrifice part of their lives for an ideal in the way I did, but hopefully with much more success, glory, and reward.
The Triumph of Defeat
It seems like a great time to share one of my favorite quotes, so I will leave it here.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
For those who I’ve let down, please forgive me. I’m sorry Atko. I love you like a brother.
Edit:
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You guys crack me up, even now you accuse me of being mossad or a honey pot. If I keep it up or shut it down I'm the same thing. Damned if you do, damned it you don't.
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Trust me, I want to drop every dirty detail about the Angel and the act of betrayal that Voat has suffered. But it is written:
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay", saith the Lord. Romans 12:19
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Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.” Proverbs 24:29
- The secret reality of the world we live in is that winners and losers are chosen by the power structure. If you don't play the game, you don't get any prizes (aka $$$). Shutting down is the consequence of not compromising ideals.
I chose a noble death.
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MinorLeakage ago
If the "Angel" defaulted on the contract, you're under no obligation to protect their identity. So who was it?
I used to believe you, but I don't believe this post at all, to be frank. Your writing style has changed immensely for starters. Convenient timing, that is for sure. Going dark when we finally need the place.
I'd like to be gracious, but thanks for nothing I guess.
Tallest_Skil ago
lol, he’s a fed. This became a honeypot when the ✡angel✡ took over.
kneo24 ago
As you stated, no one did anything ever. No point in keeping the place up if no one does anything.
Ocelot ago
Always enjoyed your comments brother. Take care of yourself.
Tallest_Skil ago
Thanks, man. You too. Maybe we’ll find each other on one of the refugee boards. Maybe we’ll find each other out in the world, cleansing a ghetto from both sides and meeting in the middle. Maybe we’ll find each other in the starvation camps.
I just hope this isn’t the end.
SLM123 ago
You’ve annoyed me plenty of times. Great thing about voat is there has always been a dissenting opinion on every topic. You’ve been consistent. And must admit probably more correct that I previously thought. Will miss what this place was 6 or 7 years ago when I first started lurking. Voats a shell of its former self.
Ocelot ago
Maybe so. Maybe we'll only meet in whatever Heaven awaits European souls, and maybe we'll all meet in Hell for our collective inaction. Or maybe we won't meet at all. But either way, as cheesy as it is, knowing that folk like you exist out there pushes me onward; my father was indolent and did not raise me to be a fighter, I've had to learn it myself and seek inspiration from my wayward brothers. I hope this isn't the end as well. I never thought when I made an account here almost six years ago that I would feel such a keen sense of goodbye when the site ended. Sidenote, just looked and we joined on the exact same day. Never noticed that.
Trevelyan-s_corn ago
Was that the first day Voat opened?
Ocelot ago
No, voat was opened a bit before I joined. I think I joined after the Fattening, maybe? When /r/FatPeopleHate was banned. Not too long after that, reddit did something that pissed a ton of people off and the first really huge wave of redfugees hit the site. I don't know, I have a poor memory.
Hand_of_Node ago
Almost 4 months before my first account. The oppression was rising, then I saw the post about voat.
BentAxel ago
If that were true, it wouldn't be shut down. They would put more money at it.
Tallest_Skil ago
Nah, we’ve outlived our usefulness, see. The Great Reset is coming, and with it the literal death of all the old ways. There won’t be elections anymore. There won’t be whites anymore. White nationalists are the first to go. We were kept from acting for years, and now they’re just going to go door to door and take care of us. They don’t need to give us this little outlet where we whine impotently. They’ve won. They know we won’t fight back.
BentAxel ago
When there is nothing left to live for, People will die for.
NOT_TALLEST_SKIL ago
Well, nice chatting with ya, you sure made it fun!
Tallest_Skil ago
Die, coward.
Hand_of_Node ago
First time I've seen this. The tagging system with AVE is apparently broken, because the fake has your same AVE tag. It must be based on matching characters, even if there are extra.
Tallest_Skil ago
Submit a bug report. Maybe they’ll fix it in the next version.
OH WAIT.
NOT_TALLEST_SKIL ago
It appears you have just been expelled! And nobody is coming to save you!
You really were my favorite see n say.
anoncastillo ago
Our backup on the chans wouldn't be the same without you angrily ranting that none of us will do anything. https://9chan.tw/voat
Tallest_Skil ago
Eh, I may hit that up, then. Shame about... literally every website on the Internet, really.