I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.

What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?

  • Y|yukichigai@lemmy.world
    36·
    1 year ago

    Voat died because they took a max free speech approach, even allowing racism and stuff.

    It cannot be stressed enough how core this was to Voat’s identity, and also how much it poisoned the entire platform. When even objecting to bigotry is against the ethos of the site then there’s no way to build a healthy community, much less an inclusive one.

    Also if anyone is curious how much of a cesspool Voat became, here’s the most “upvoated” for the month just six months before the site shut down. Warning: lots of bigotry.

    • VoxAdActa@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      If that showed up on some Lemmy instance, you’d still have people saying “Defederation is bad! Marketplace of ideas! Just block them and move on! It’s just one person!” :sigh:

    • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      I need to take warnings a lot more seriously on this site. That’s the second time I disregarded a warning and hate myself for it.

      I remember when voat happened, I only wish it took more of Reddit (and maybe a ceo) with it.

        • alaphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Same. I don’t even understand how you can hold such comically evil fucking viewpoints… Like, Disney villains aren’t that atrocious.

    • Rob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Holy shit, that’s bad. Who would want to be liable for hosting deplorable stuff like that?

    • Ko'vari@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      Huh. That archive looks just like I’m looking at /pol.

      What a cesspool. I can’t help but laugh.