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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WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago
Would you consider turning the site over to someone else who is willing to lead the effort to keep the site up?
VoataoV ago
I could do it but I need costs and figures to run it by some people. If it's feasible we can get voat up and running again.
grace8 ago
Subscription if you want to post fixes it. But do we want to fix it. Voat has been a place of constant attack. This move to shut things down now when the Q team is ready to move is confirming my sense that Voat was always a containment site for ppl they didnt want posting on Reddit and infecting the sheep.
We built this sub and we can do it again. Q guided us here. If we are needed he will guide us again.
As far as the joy of posting here, there is our sub on POAL. Use our same user names and we are back up and running, assuming they have the capacity for all of us.
The real solution is Reddit when it is taken over and made a utility. Poal is just a temporary harbor. Is there somewhere better than poal? We already have the sub there.
Hand_of_Node ago
The Q invasion was the attack that succeeded.
grace8 ago
BS!
Hand_of_Node ago
It's true. The Q invasion led directly to the White flight that cut the population of voat to a quarter of its previous activity.
And is it really a coincidence that voat is being shut down just a few weeks before the Q psyop fades into history?
I see I have net upvotes on your account, but I believe Trump to be a very successful op against the right, and conservatives. Just look at the results. (similar to 'follow the money')
grace8 ago
The words you speak are against the ordinance of God. The prophets are all in agreement and all standing and shouting God's plan to free us from 400 years of slavery! Even the heavens declare the coming king with Saturn and Jupiter returning to within 1 degree of their positions at the time of Christ's birth. There are so many signs and you are blind. But the scales can fall cry out to the Lord, my friend, for he is has come! His authority is here in a way it has not been available till now!
It's not over yet, Hand. Wait and see our God move. The very bowels of hell will shake and the dragon's head will be cut off by the lion of Judah. Trump is playing possum and letting people declare what side they will fight on the DS or America's. If we are going to see men put to death it must be because of what they did in this hour with the opportunity Trump has presented and proven he will do: make America GREAT again!
Oh, what a powerful name it is the name of JESUS Christ my King! Nothing can stand against!!!! Our how he loves YOU!!! It will be biblical!! Come to the fountain and drink!
Hand_of_Node ago
Okay, you support a guy who publicly said he would be eager to fuck his own daughter.
I do not, because of that exact statement, and many other behaviors of similar quality. You mock God to his face by associating Trump with God.
grace8 ago
pls provide the exact quote. Cause I really doubt Trump said those exact words. We are all redeemed sinners. Trump is not Jesus Christ and no one needs him to be. We have our savior. God has along history of using wildly inadequate people and redeeming them through his power. Trump is become a Godly man just as we all hope to become more like Jesus. Trump has said dumb things. there is no doubt abut that. But are you aware of the many prophecies about him over the past many years? The earliest goes back to the early years when Trump was a single play boy. A Italian prophet with an international reputation of accuracy said Trump was to be a man who would bring America back to God.
Moses was a murderer who had lead an indulgent princely life and had a stutter. David was the least of his brothers and a murderer. Jesus was poor boy from the ghetto. Matthew a tax collector who turned on his own people to impose the Romans harsh taxes and reported them when they failed to pay. Paul a Pharisee who participated in persecuting many Christians even inciting people to murder them. Peter a man who walked with Christ and witnessed miracles but still denied him to save his own life. Noah was a drunk. Elijah was suicidal. Jacob was an adulterer. Rahab was a prostitute. Using broken people allows the believer to see God's power rather than worshiping a man and thinking the miracles were accomplished through the man's power.