UPDATE: Voat Admin Conspiracy! Putt Returns? Possible Gag Order / Defcon 3 Edition (whatever)

submitted ago by SaneGoatiSwear

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refer to this post for all the info and links: original megathread link

THINGS WE KNOW

(updated and condensed)

  1. the admins @atko and @puttitout and the slimg devs (@technician90 and @crispykat) dissapeared a little over a month ago.

  2. atko (sort-of) returned a little less than two weeks ago (as did technician90), and

  3. atko has been asked repeatedly what's going on in all venues, from pms to front page posts to comment pings where puttitout is, yet

  4. atko has said exactly nothing regarding puttitout's whereabouts. also, there's been no response to various requests for greater transparency, nor really any dev-related discussion from the admins since their dissapearance. generally, there has been a great silence.

  5. puttitout is still missing, - there is only heresay - HOWEVER

  6. he upvoated ONE submission earlier today, and there has been no proven other communication with him. sadly i never screencapped his page before the voat, so at best there's activity, otherwise it's still NUTHIN outta putt :(

-- in any case, we are very concerned this is a purposeful silence,

leading us to believe there IS A CHANCE that there has been a gag order placed on our admins, (as the current warrant canary lacks information on the half-dozen other types of gag orders, there's a chance a non fisa/NS letter gag has been placed, and, alas, even with a fully formed deadmanswitched canary, warrant canaries aren't legally set in stone yet)

thus
we directly ask @atko and @puttitout: what in goat's teeth is going on? what's going on regarding voat finances, employees, this "transparency," the state of and future of voat, the canary being full of holes - and we want timestamps on pictures of you two goats! - but most importantly, what's goin' on with your absence and your silence?! is this just what you consider "hands-off"?

until they respond, defcon 3 goats! be ready to go, we're at heightened awareness:

"hey @puttitout and @atko what's going on?!" "why won't you answer, @atko and @puttitout?" "are you in mitch hedburg's trunk rite now, search party of voat? @atko and @puttitout"

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bikergang_accountant ago

I know for a fact that warrants have been issued here. Why? Because atko sought out the authorities in relation to some CP at some point I believe. It's all fine and well that he volunteered data but usually the law wants more assurence of complience than that so they would still issue a warrent. That also consolidates the types of paper trails. Data suggesting criminal act (even if it is all the data) -> warrant -> data obtained from warrant.

Alias_Unknown ago

When did this happen? I know Atko has taken a 0 tolerance stance on CP. But I never heard of that whole situation.

CrazyInAnInsaneWorld ago

SRS and some other SJW's tried to plant some incriminating shit, just like they did with Fullchan, iirc. It's also part of the reason Atko made an exception and banned /v/jailbait, despite not technically breaking any laws.

Of course, it's late and I'm tired, so that may just be some wires crossed in recalling 8chan and their shenanigans.

Alias_Unknown ago

I remember when that false flag occured. Slimg came under fire as well for hosting it.

You might be getting details a bit mixed as well as I might have missed what you're referring to.