I know Voat almost certainly was a honeypot, but despite all my time there and all I posted I've never suffered for it. Hopefully they aren't just waiting to act on what they collected.
I don’t believe Putt ever sold our data, and he probably folded instead of doing so. Saying that, the entire internet is a honeypot, it really doesn’t matter at all.
What is concerning, however, is that Putt instructed goats to come here. Was it a last act of good will, or was he sending us from frying pan to fire?
Two of his last posts were in SoapBoxBanhammer, so I wouldn’t take it seriously. With half the site calling him a faggot, I think he was just taking the piss.
Regarding whether this is a honeypot: I've been here only about a week. I'll hold my judgement.
This is the smart thing to do. Always reserve judgement.
I think he fundamentally believed in free speech, whether he agreed with Voat I don’t know, but I don’t think he was equipped to run a site like Voat. He stuck it out a lot longer than Atko, who turned tail pretty fast, so he deserves some credit.
However, it got to a point where he became sporadically involved at best. Whether he received a gag order, got taken over, I don’t know. In the last few years, there remains a lot of unanswered questions.
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