Up until early 2018 it was friendly name calling, for the most part. Then a reddit influx happened that just made Voat a lot nastier. Anger, in many cases, replaced joking around. This was not just anger, it was deep mean fucking anger. I think it's why Owlchemy left Voat and came here to roost. Voat got to be a turnoff, and just not funny anymore.
Around 2017 Voat got big enough for jidf et.al. to notice and flooded the place with faggots like sanegoat. There is a reason for that anger.
And the anger is definitely why Owl left, he clearly stated so.
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