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refer to this post for all the info and links: original megathread link
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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ginx2666 ago
I'll repeat it once again - voat is registered in US. With current political climate, do you really think there have been no attempts to silence and sabotage it?
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i think there have. but i also think a stalwart defender of free speech would speak up if there was a successful one or might about to be a successful one.
ginx2666 ago
With how Dumbfuckistan deals with people they deem problematic (raiding their homes even on foreign soil, accusing them of rape/paedophilia and planting false witnesses and victims, putting them in Guantanamo without trial, or simply murdering them in broad daylight), would you risk all of that just to keep up one website for social outcasts without any real influence or power, for maximum of one day? Or to send a message that will quickly get disregarded?
Voat isn't a website vital to any aspect of life. It isn't a wikipedia, which if taken down would make 40% of students fail their assignments or not submit homework. It isn't youtube, which if taken down would cause riots. It's literally a small carbon copy of reddit, but leaning to the right instead of left. Not worth risking your life for.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
you may not value free speech enough to defend it in any sphere, but others do.
ginx2666 ago
There are other, safer, more anonymous and definitely more difficult to subvert and take over/down means to communicate and organize, but they're too difficult to understand for a typical retard that can at most create an account and spout idealistic bullshit. Voat definitely serves a good purpose, but it also is an easy target.
If you're going to "defend" free speech, you should learn how and where to allocate your resources to win, not to simply fight a losing battle on multiple, hopeless fronts.