Looks to me as though they're trying to get rid of the sub. In the past, they have made a decision on removing mods of subs and putting new ones in without too much user interaction, and they have never directly asked if a sub should be left to rot before.
The fact that the conversation can not be had without it being anon says a lot about the decline of Voat's community.
My thoughts exactly. What an unprecedented move to actually speak to the users as an admin but in anon format. How bizarre. Secondly, I find it funny that the warrant canary wasn't updated even after they responded to a comment reflecting on it. All in all, this makes me beyond happy to know that I left that shit hole when I did. (I only went to look after seeing this post as when Voat really fucking destructs there is a high chance a lot will land here).
TLDR: Fuck that place, the writing has been on the walls for a LONG time there and it's even more funny that they basically have to accept they are the new Storm-front else lose a good majority of their donating members.
Plus if they ban the sub they then basicly betray the reason why people went to boat anyways. As there isn't really a legal reason to ban it (not an illegal topic it's a free space matter)
Basically it's lose lose for voat
Yeah making an anon anouncment seems quite bad.
Also the warent canary thing going on there as well either they got a full NS letter which would make them pretend the Canary isn't dead or the admins don't care enough to update their canary in a month which they can in a couple of clicks.