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I'll give this a shot. I've only just browsed a few posts here, mostly by other displaced Voaters, so I'm really just echoing things, but while I had no issues with Voat's "immune system" so to speak, it also stifled most anything that didn't have to do with globalism and race. Mostly, I appreciated the ability on Voat to find alternative news sources and be able to discuss actual problems that western countries were facing.

Having said that, I watched more than a few small subs get destroyed by "free speech" crusaders that wanted to spew vulgarity everywhere, regardless of subs, and in my opinion that was nearly (not quite, but nearly) as bad as the censorship on reddit because it had the same effect of driving users away.

While I'm not a major content contributor, I had small music subs on both reddit and Voat (rock and blues), and I'd like to do the same here. I'll also be looking for any gaming (board, pen and paper, and video games) subs.

So that's that, I suppose. Regardless about what happens or doesn't with Voat, I'll be staying to give this place a chance.
I'll give this a shot. I've only just browsed a few posts here, mostly by other displaced Voaters, so I'm really just echoing things, but while I had no issues with Voat's "immune system" so to speak, it also stifled most anything that didn't have to do with globalism and race. Mostly, I appreciated the ability on Voat to find alternative news sources and be able to discuss actual problems that western countries were facing. Having said that, I watched more than a few small subs get destroyed by "free speech" crusaders that wanted to spew vulgarity everywhere, regardless of subs, and in my opinion that was nearly (not quite, but nearly) as bad as the censorship on reddit because it had the same effect of driving users away. While I'm not a major content contributor, I had small music subs on both reddit and Voat (rock and blues), and I'd like to do the same here. I'll also be looking for any gaming (board, pen and paper, and video games) subs. So that's that, I suppose. Regardless about what happens or doesn't with Voat, I'll be staying to give this place a chance.

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[–] pembo210 5 points (+5|-0)

almost forgot, We have a playlist feature you can enable for the subs. It uses the subs youtube links to make the playlist in the sidebar. check out /s/music and /s/videos for a demo.
[–] pembo210 3 points (+3|-0)

hi, welcome. Like the other migrations, we'll get some wild cards, but meh. Check out the subs page.

[–] Adhdferret 2 points (+2|-0)

Was on Voat since the beginning and now I am here. Consider donating to this place. They are very transparent and really active. If nothing else they want the right thing.

Same name as I had on Voat I got here

[–] Dudicles [OP] 1 points (+2|-1)

Once I get a bit of posting history, I'll think about donating. I donated a few times to Voat when Atko still ran it, as there was legitimate communication with him. I stopped donating when the communication stopped.

My username is the same for me as well.
[–] Adhdferret 1 points (+1|-0)

Far as comes with admind from Voat......yeah never gonna happen it seems. I gave them a couple bucks seeing as it felt like the right thing to do. Plus they have a PayPal donation. I stopped using crypto soon as the banks paraised the use of block chain.

Plus it is just a bitch to exchange I to Fiat which is still the norm.

[–] Dudicles [OP] 0 points (+1|-1)

I love the idea of crypto, but you're right, it's a bitch to exchange. I initially got into Bitcoin as a medium to purchase gold and silver, and then Bitcoin shot up so I used that to get some other cryptos. But for me, I'm treating crypto mostly as a secondary investment opportunity.
[–] shwanky 2 points (+2|-0)

Yeah I think a lot of voat going full tilt on the racist stuff was actually driven by shills trying to undermine the sight. People like v/johncstevens who regularly posted his prog ideas and then would respond to his posts under different alts saying things like "gas yourself kike" There have always been extremists on voat but in the last year shit got a little crazy imo. Way more graphic and rude content I believe was driven by shills to make the site seem like a crazy far far right hangout. When before, in my opinion, there was much more actual discussion of race/culture differences if the topic came up and less, "gas the kike" "kill all niggers" type inflammatory bs that does nothing to help conversations about very real issues. It was also a good aggreget for alt media of different types like corbett, rubin, BPS and others. Though I will admit the site had a visible right leaning prospective. I was fine with that cause I'm libertarian who leans slightly to the right myself. But the huge increase of shitposts outside of normal places for that ie SBBH or v/niggers has really done a lot of damage to the site and driven away a lot of people who could use a dose of a different way of looking at things.

[–] Chiefpacman 1 points (+1|-0)

All this talk of what voat ‘was’ makes me sad. I love voat, not ready for it to die.

I’ll get used to this place if I have too. I’ve been here almost a year, it’s my occasional vacation from voat. I recognize some names here, but we’re missing so many.

I hit refresh on voat about once every couple of hours. I’m sure I’m not alone. Nothing against phuks, I just dont like change..
[–] E-werd 1 points (+1|-0)

I agree with what you're saying, the so-called "free speech" was just as effective as the "censorship" at destroying well-meaning communities. That's what really drove me away. The story of /v/TheDinnerTable comes to mind. What a terrible situation that was, that's when I had had enough.

The music subs here are very, almost too, active so you'll find yourself at home there.

Welcome, Dudicles.
[–] Dudicles [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Thanks for the welcome!

I vocally disagreed with the DinnerTable massacre, and I really believe it kept more niche subs from popping up. The precedent was set that certain groups could and would easily crush any sub they wanted.

I ran a small melodic rock sub on reddit for years and had my own rock and blues sub on Voat. I'll get a feel for what the music subs tend to offer and see if one of those types of subs can fill a gap or not.
[–] COFfeebreak 1 points (+1|-0)

I came over here too, mainly for the same reasons as you. I remember you, and you may know me from my other name there (C.O.F for short), almost exclusively in PaddysPub. I always posted with background info on the songs. I'm here cause a couple buddies from Paddys there opened the same here. I'm going to start out slow here, look around a little, and see how it goes. So far I like what I see. I look forward to you posting as I've always enjoyed your genres. Be seeing you around.
[–] Dudicles [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

I'm pretty sure I know which user you were. Once I hit level 2, I'll probably get my rockandblues sub up again. Not that I posted often on Voat, but I'll probably start re-posting some things here a bit more often. I think I'll be diversifying my portfolio of content sites now, simply because I want options if/when one goes down.
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