How safe is voat? Want to make sure this doesn't happen again. (pizzagate)

submitted ago by pzer0

So I am guessing a lot of us are here because of what's happening at /r/pizzagate. It's funny, every time I check out voat it's because of some weird censorship shit on reddit. Maybe that should tell me something. I think it might be time to make the switch for good. My concern is this: what's to stop voat admins from doing the same thing reddit admins are doing now, even if in the future? Is this the final refuge? Are there other places like this that can serve as a backup or plan B (like this was for reddit)?

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scandalous-goat ago

Nothing stops them from anything, like every websites. On the other hand, the admins rarely interfere with the communities, except if you break the rules or if you moderate like an asshole in a system (default) sub.

edit: there's no guaranty that they won't be beaten with a pipe, though.

pzer0 ago

Isn't that how reddit used to be? I mean, I have only been REALLY into reddit for maybe 5 years, but as I understand like 7-8 years ago it was really pro-free speech.

watch_listed ago

The reason you're looking for is "monetization." Voat is likely a long ways off from that particular temptation while the other site is deep into the process. Since nobody's trying to clean things up here to make money, there's no reason to worry about whether or not this place screens off content that is generally considered offensive or objectionable into hidden away internet ghettos.

If you want to help keep it that way, donate to the site or buy an ad to help cover operating costs.

dynamiteVacancy ago

Oh hell yes, I donated to voat and I never gave that other money-grabber shit. Hell I don't really "donate" to anything, but I feel voat deserves it.

ThisIsMyRealName ago

I've never just donated to any site ever, but I've given $60 to Voat. This site kicks ass.

conspExec ago

Don't forget to donate to the admins of /r/pizzagate they're adding more servers and more redundancy to the subreddit archive so it looks like a parallel to the original version.

http://pastebin.com/ucB8jRMv Admin Donate 1L3xqNFEkMQ7joY3jGWLjMWmgRk7p7ZUqo PizzaGatePublicB https://riot.im/app/#/room/!cLibuElOSXjCrpcPyX:matrix.org