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Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:15 am
by MrPim
I decided to start looking up migration periods.I started w FatPeopleHate.
https://searchvoat.co/v/MeanwhileOnReddit/2123362
Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:20 am
by Cynabuns
I decided to start looking up migration periods
Perhaps unironicly, the wiki for Reddit details these dates beautifully
Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:28 am
by MrPim
Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:36 pm
by Joe10jo
Steve Buscemi's character in Big Fish who loves the town of Spectre so much he never wants to leave parallels a Goat's love of Voat.
Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:42 am
by Vindicator
It's so bad...I've got like ten tabs, each with dozens of sub tabs open in two operating systems -- all involving research I wasn't done with or didn't want to have to dig for again. Most are Voat tabs. Now I nostalgically don't want to close or refresh any of them. So pathetic! LMAO.
Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:32 am
by Thisismyvoatusername
Vindicator wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:42 am
It's so bad...I've got like ten tabs, each with dozens of sub tabs open in two operating systems -- all involving research I wasn't done with or didn't want to have to dig for again. Most are Voat tabs. Now I nostalgically don't want to close or refresh any of them. So pathetic! LMAO.
The plug was pulled while I was engaged with family and Christmas dinner. When I got back on the internet the next day I found I still had a Voat tab open and it indicated I had 2 unread messages. I am kind of curious what they were. Oh well.
Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:38 am
by Vindicator
Thisismyvoatusername wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:32 am
Vindicator wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:42 am
It's so bad...I've got like ten tabs, each with dozens of sub tabs open in two operating systems -- all involving research I wasn't done with or didn't want to have to dig for again. Most are Voat tabs. Now I nostalgically don't want to close or refresh any of them. So pathetic! LMAO.
The plug was pulled while I was engaged with family and Christmas dinner. When I got back on the internet the next day I found I still had a Voat tab open and it indicated I had 2 unread messages. I am kind of curious what they were. Oh well.
Yeah...I had 16. Same problem. Spent the days leading up to Christmas madly trying to notify pizzagate researchers their research would not be lost and where we were going to be. NOT what I wanted to be doing the holiest days of the winter.
Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:45 am
by PeaceSeeker
Cynabuns wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:03 pm
I *think* I recall that there was another iteration/name of the site before WhoaVerse ("who-a-verse"
lmfao). Edit to note, 26 May 2015 was my Voat birthday.
forbid.me
Vindicator wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:04 pm
No one has really done a thorough job of telling the story of Voat, that I've seen. The knowledge is scattered among the viewpoints of many users who all joined at different stages. I'm starting this thread, here, so that people can contribute their thoughts -- and more importantly, their links -- for those interested in this topic or who may want to write something up in at some point.
To get us started, here is an interesting final thread by @
redpilldessert who spent his last hours on Voat archiving important threads "for future Voat historians":
https://searchvoat.co/v/whatever/4174408
I'll link to some of the more relevant /v/OneTruePutt threads for reference:
Putt becomes CEO
SaneGoat's alt army gets banhammered
Some commentary on Putt's "Voat Needs an Angel" announcement, plus the arrival or the /r/The_Donald users
...and how their arrival helped keep Voat alive
The Port begins - May 25, 2017
Credit Card processor blacklists Voat - July 16, 2017
Preview Voat testing begins - July 29, 2017
The date for the Port switchover is set - September 26, 2017
Massive DDoS attack is launched against Voat, coordinated on the intended date of the Port - October 3, 2017
Second attempt at the Port begins - October 17, 2017
The Port is completed - December 27, 2017
Voat goes down for three days, users flocks to Preview Voat in the meantime - April 21, 2018
Some commentary on the user reaction to the Voat outage - April 30, 2018
Positive support despite the controversy - May 3, 2018
Comments on another, shorter outage - June 18, 2018
Port Updates - June 25, 2018
Voat goes read-only for the first time, without warning or a notification banner - August 27, 2018
A large wave of Q followers arrive after /r/GreatAwakening is banned - September 19, 2018
Q endorses Voat, even more Q followers arrive - September 24, 2018
More DDoS attacks, another Voat Lockdown - October 22, 2018
I've exceeded my SearchVoat accesses for this hour, and it's late, so I'll add to this later on.
Re: For future Voat historians
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:29 am
by 29again
Vindicator wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:42 am
It's so bad...I've got like ten tabs, each with dozens of sub tabs open in two operating systems -- all involving research I wasn't done with or didn't want to have to dig for again. Most are Voat tabs. Now I nostalgically don't want to close or refresh any of them. So pathetic! LMAO.
I don't have any open for research, but I confess that I have tabs for Voat open on both laptops.. I can't bear to close them out and let them go forever.