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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ExpertShitposter ago
Well putko, if you wrote a wall-o-text, so shall I.
What's to say. While voat did feel abandoned this year, I certainly didn't think it would come to such an abrupt end. Never thought i'd see the end of it. Not right now at least.
Its really true. Despite being in my middle 30's and growing up on the internet, I always refused to join ANY social media. Never had a twatter, or fagbook or feggit.com account. Voat was the first social media i was a member of, and was the first site on witch I made "Internet friends", despite hating the very concept of e-friends. But these fellowship's just naturally formed between equal-minded people.
For a full 5 (five) years I've been here, talking to the same people. This is no coincidence, clearly this was meant to be a part of my life.
For this I thank you.
True. Probably, there will be other Voat's, for other people, who knows what the future holds. But for us, this was OUR Voat. It's like a memory of your first GF. Ya, it ended badly, but it was still yours to own.
You know how it goes: "Don't be sad because it ended. Be happy that it happened."
Oof....dead jew hippie con artist who refused to get a job bullshit. Glad the romans stabbed that kike! Gat a job or get the shank!
Would have been nicer to end it on NYE. (And friends would have more time to organize a fallback site.)
So you are not a Titan. But none of us would have had the balls, the willpower, or the willingness to sacrifice our time and money to build something like this. Otherwise...we would have done it already. We are in no position to call you out on anything. You can't save the world yourself. You have done your part. If others don't pick up the torch, then they deserve the collapse.
To be honest, I question the value of voat as a red pilling tool of the future. Looking at old archived alexa stats, it seems we have been on a massive decline in popularity. We have become an echo chamber. Truth must be shined into the eyes of the half blind. Perhaps another website can take its place. Something less radical, but a lot more popular, yet somehow censorship free.
In any case, you can be nothing but proud about what you have built and maintained. Even in this moment, we are the most free website in the universe.
For this I also thank you.
Perhaps, you can put together a little factoid about various interesting things about voat. Like, what was our highest ever alexa rank. How much did voat cost per month in its prime? Who was the angel? Who was approximately the angel? The VPN company? Etc.
Closing thoughts.
Year 2020. What is to say. I still remember a post I made before the beginning of 2020. I felt an overwhelming sense of hope. I claimed that 2020 was gonna be the best year that ever happened to me. That "we are all gonna make it brah". Well, it turned out to be one of the shittiest years I ever experienced. My retard boss collapse the company i worked for almost a decade and went bankrupt. Corona lockdowns eradicated all of my IRL social life. I survived a massive earthquake and nearly lost everything. I had a scare when me and my whole family got the chink coof and spent days vomiting or burning up. Am counting weeks till i have to put my second dog to sleep and watch him die. And now Voat dies.
I guess there is only one thing to say. When you reach rock bottom. There is only one direction you can go. Up, or die.
2021 is gonna be the best year of our lives. We're all gonna maek it breh.
Thanks for everything @PuttItOut, i sve isto vrijedi za kolegu balkančinu @Atko
ps. If the SBBH troop can rally mostly in one place, i'll pm you. Maybe when you wind down over a month, you two can stop by and drop a poop post.
CRO95 ago
Izgleda da nas još ima ovdje :D
Šteta voata, jedina stranica koju sam još posjećivao, izgleda da je sada i to gotovo
ExpertShitposter ago
Ima nas dost tu.
4chan je isto u qurcu. Mada je uvijek bio degeneričan.
CRO95 ago
4chin je katastrofa sa svom onom pornjavom na nepovezanim postovima. Voat je puno mirniji, tu zapravo možeš neku raspravu povesti, al jbg sada
ExpertShitposter ago
I banaju za sve i svašta.