This subverse is for the investigation of and dissemination of information related to #pizzagate. For all newcomers, please stop the circlejerk pats on the back submissions, please limit them to comments. WE CAN ONLY SET 1 STICKY SO THIS IS IT BOYS AND GIRLS.
# 1 Rule
DO NOT LINK TO CP (childporn)
That will pretty much undermine the sub, could cause members to be charged and go to jail, and get us banned. Please let me know by mentioning me if someone has linked to CP. (use @kingkongwaswrong in your comment)
What you can do right now - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1429028
Getting up to speed on #pizzagate, image version - https://sli.mg/a/ybiz3L
Getting up to speed on #pizzagate, text version - http://archive.is/4Uzg8
Message to journalists - archive of the last thread over at reddit: https://archive.fo/MrsGu#selection-1807.0-2093.34
On my modding + suggestions - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1428377
On shills and JTRIG - https://archive.fo/MOaOk
/r/Pizzagate archives - https://archive.fo/https://www.reddit.com/r/pizzagate/comments/
/r/pizzagate scrape - available for 24 hours - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1428510
Voat canary - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1428846
BEFORE YOU SUBMIT A LINK OR THREAD
- Sliding is an effective mechanism used by shills - whereby they flood a forum with low value distracting content to 'slide' important content
- So lets not help the shills.
- Before you post, consider what value you're adding
- Yes we know you're happy and it's great that we have a replacement for reddit, but feel free to add that sentiment below, rather than diluting our sub with more posts
- This sub is for investigation, knowledge sharing and learning, not for circlejerking.
- Example of a well intentioned but waste-of-space submission - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1428993
Other things we need
- We need a safety thread, this whole domain of investigation is unsafe. If someone wants to write one up or link me to an archived version of the pizzagate ones that would be great.
- Would also be useful to get a thread on what to look for from shills, so we can see them and point them out easily.
- Might also be good to have a thread on voat vs reddit? cultural differences?
Investigative guides
- Never assume that info is safe captured once. Use redundancies, including pastebin, archive.is, waybackmachine and screenshotting. We never know what might be deleted or taken down.
- **We use http://sli.mg/ not imgur here. imgur has a strong affiliation with reddit. **
- Check link urls before you click them (hover over them and see what they read at the bottom of your browser). be critical of outside links that are unfamiliar
Definitions
- CP - child porn
- MSM - Main Stream Media
- Shill - someone who is paid to push a specific agenda online
- JTRIG - Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, Government planned Shilling
- CTR - Correct the Record, DNC funded shills
My personal suggestions
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND MAKING AN ONGOING MONTHLY DONATION TO VOAT https://store.voat.co/donate-5-every-month us paying means they don't need to rely on investors which may bias them in the future.
- Make an account and join us, but some users have suggested using a different name to your reddit account
- Don't post info that could identify you
- Exercise critical thinking and judgement at all times, be skeptical but helpful
- Be kind to each other
- Save downvotes for shills
- Don't post distracting content or 'funnies'. Memes are ok when informative and used to spread a message, but not just to laugh at 'in jokes'
- Check out gab.ai - another independent platform that's kind of like a mix between reddit and twitter
Please post suggestions and feedback below.
You can use @kingkongwaswrong to get my attention in a thread, but please don't spam me.
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Millennial_Falcon ago
Pizzagate summary
Is voat going to be able to handle our traffic? It's already overwhelmed, and only 1/4 of /r/pizzagate is here now, and it was a rapidly growing community.
varialus ago
They'll get it working smoothly eventually, but they have full time jobs, so it may be a bumpy road getting to that point.
CosmicSponge ago
@Millennial_Falcon @kingkongwaswrong @varialus Maybee someone should put together a crowdfunding campaign. Could be useful for more than just VOAT. also could be useful to make a crowdfunding campaign for education like an automated CallforAmerica.com campaign on this?
varialus ago
At one point when Voat started to run low on funds there was a financial count down encouraging donations at the same time as they were trying to finish implementing their basic non-intrusive advertising system. Right now I think the advertisements provide most of needed funding, although I haven't noticed a financial summary recently, so I'm not exactly sure what the situation is. People of course are welcome to raise funds, but if we get into dire straights, Atko will let us know. Lately their attention has been on trying to fix a very tricky stability issue, but I'm sure sometime tomorrow they'll get to work on improving the responsiveness. Who knows, the extra load may actually help them track down the stability issue.
CosmicSponge ago
Thanks for your insight. I think we should start crowdfunding for PizzaGate exposure regardless