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THINGS WE KNOW
(updated and condensed)
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the admins @atko and @puttitout and the slimg devs (@technician90 and @crispykat) dissapeared a little over a month ago.
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atko (sort-of) returned a little less than two weeks ago (as did technician90), and
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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
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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.
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puttitout is still missing, - there is only heresay - HOWEVER
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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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Alias_Unknown ago
Alright,
puts on the tin foil hat
Conspiracy theory time.
Hecho has been inactive for quite some time now. One of the last things he posted was that the feds were in to him.
What if his activity on Voat is being used as part of the investigation/court case?
This really doesn't explain the majority of the other goings on. But some of those may also be simple coincidences.
But if there is some sort of investigation regarding Voat. I propose that this would be the best case scenario.
@Atko, I think you would really put a large portion of the communities fears to rest, if you gave some insight into what's been going on lately.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
occam's razor is in your court. that theory + they went on vacation. simple enough and fits the whole bill. they're staying silent during an ongoing investigation they're party to, by a gag order.
still leaves out what's the larger picture re: voat's future, why they won't say where putt is.
Alias_Unknown ago
It seems like certain aspects are being blown out of proportion.
I am very taken aback by Atko's silence. In my experience he's been very chatty and forthcoming with details in regards to transparency.
Perhaps they're simply burnt out on the shit pile that Voat has become.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i'm trying my best to stick to the facts in this one. the last post was v/conspiracy so it was made to fit. this is v/whatever, and comes from exactly where you express: a reaction to the silence.
if they're burnt out, let's all talk about it, right? 8D
Alias_Unknown ago
I've been watching your posts over the last few days, and aside from some of the outlandish theories in the conspiracy post. I definitely agree that something is up.
As far as talking about it. What's the point? It's the vast community of Voat itself that's the problem.
This place couldn't go a single day without posting some thing about muslims, Jews or black people. Certain individuals would likely implode if that were the case.
Voat has strayed quite far from what I assume Atko had initially planned. Hell, the difference is abundantly clear from when I joined. Did you know that Atko initially forbid hate speech? He eventually changed his mind, but I can't help but wonder if he regrets that decision. I personally would feel very conflicted if I ran a website that called for my death multiple times an hour for simply being Muslim.
The niche subject subs are struggling to survive by nothing more than the mods perseverance. The vast majority of them have fallen to abandonment because the community isn't interested in niche stuff. They just want a platform to soapbox their hatred.
Sorry, I kind of went off on a tangent there.
brucethemoose ago
Not all of us are like that.
There are literally dozens of us.
Alias_Unknown ago
Yup, there's some users here that really do make this place special. @articdweller @LockeProposal @silversurfer are a few examples off the top of my head that I see posting awesome, unique content. There's many more, and I'm always thrilled to upvote some good ok OC.
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p0ssum ago
Hear hear, Im hoping after the election things will tone down a bit. I doubt, because then they are going to be all worked up about President Hillary and the shitstorm of stupid will continue unabated. I had great hopes for voat, until stormfront took over.
Alias_Unknown ago
It seems that the moderates of this website feel as disenfranchised as the alt right does everywhere else.
p0ssum ago
The Alt-right has their sites, but they all get pigeonholed, just like is happening to voat. Soon this will be just another niche racist hangout. Lord knows I've tried ... but I too have given up and taken to just trolling trumpsters.
Cum_control ago
Fuck niggers.
Alias_Unknown ago
Well at least I know that there's literally dozens of us.
p0ssum ago
Got that right!