Before things went really sideways over on Voat, when he turned off new user registration for while, Putt flat out told the users that he turned off new registrations because he was getting forced to turn over user data to the gov and he turned off registration to protect people... did you miss that one?
Woops! You have to be logged in to Voat to see what I am talking about and fuck if I am going to do that.
See this is what they should be.. the echo chamber they created. For them only for them as none of us fit their mould. Cause we are sane and rational people.. ok I may have embellished my sanity but.. it is true. Reminds me of when yahoo chat came out and trolls lurked every where, ready to blue screen ya. Now they are voat members lmao.
Not sure if I missed something, I see it mentioned Voat is on a watchlist (which of course it is, as is Poal), I don't see any direct evidence (even second hand) that Putt said he was turning over data to the government. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't, but I don't see him saying that anywhere.
Right now since there's a ddos attack I assumed it was because the attackers would use bots to spam.
If you get a subpoena, you have to comply unless you have money. From what I know about Voat, it does not have money. Therefore, Voat most likely acquiesced to the subpoenas. This of course assumes that there were any subpoenas to begin with.
I agree. He likely dont have a lawyer budget. Its still iffy to quash a subpoena from a glownigger even with one. It is a standard tactic to have a gag order or even an implied or direct threat not speak about or else. Thats the purpose of the canary. Its dead. Thats when I bailed
They all miss the details and are worried about how it affect themselves alone. I seems he did the right thing to protect the users and whos to say the gov "deep state operates" wasn't running it in the end.
- He turned off new user registration.
- He told the users it was to protect them from the feds.
- some time goes by... no new Voat users.
- Reddit bans a bunch of subreddits all at once.
- Suddenly Putt opens the door to welcome the poor Reddit refugees
I think it is self evident that the gov "deep state operates" took over the site between #3 and #5 and turned it into a honeypot/containment zone.
Totally agree.
Partially agree.
Seems like it. Man no point In even replying to those people.
Yep I did miss this...I’ve been busy. Good to know. TY.
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