PuttItOut was handed the reigns within the past few years, but something else you may find interesting is that Voat's original founder (Atko) seemed to do a U-turn on free speech. I quote:
Not okay, but at the same time, I never wanted it to be taken over by blatant trolls posing as racists, derailing a valuable channel for freedom of speech which could have been used to drive actual change.
I recently started https://20-things.com, do check it out, but beware: early alpha stage and with a set of rules to help keep it usable.
The rules on his new 20-things site are a travesty. I quote a small section:
No hate speech, harassment and bullying
Do not engage in any of the following:
Offensive, inappropriate, or unwanted comments related to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, or age, or other protected categories under applicable law.
Race and orientation are one thing. But body size, gender identity, physical appearance and age? Really? Sounds SJW-ish :( Just feel sad someone can go against their principles so harshly.
It's down right now
Ya, but he is pulling the plug permanently on Christmas. Just announced it a little while ago.
I read that just before it went down. It's pretty sad actually I've been there since Beta testing days
Very interesting. Got an archive of the announcement? (site is down)
Someone else posted this screen:
https://archive.is/JD9uk
Here is the link for if and when it comes back up.
https://voat.co/v/announcements/4169936
https://archive.is/JD9uk
PuttItOut was handed the reigns within the past few years, but something else you may find interesting is that Voat's original founder (Atko) seemed to do a U-turn on free speech. I quote:
The rules on his new 20-things site are a travesty. I quote a small section:
Race and orientation are one thing. But body size, gender identity, physical appearance and age? Really? Sounds SJW-ish :( Just feel sad someone can go against their principles so harshly.
Disturbing
Announcement: https://archive.is/JD9uk
If and when the site comes back up from what I am assuming is just a usual DDOS attack the announcement is here:
https://voat.co/v/announcements/4169936
Time to learn browsing TOR boys
99.1488% of the outrageous stuff there is The Usual Suspects shitting in the pool and/or trying to incite violence.
Yep, this place would be sued out of existence real fast, for instance.