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Perhaps the most important political message I have seen on XKCD. Related Computerphile episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI https://www.youtube

Perhaps the most important political message I have seen on XKCD. Related Computerphile episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI I guess that some computer-powered elections are coming in the US, EU ?

freeone3000 8y ago
https://voatz.com/ https://voatz.com/ is going to power remote voting in West Virginia, according to https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/07/voatz-mobile-voting-west-virginia-blockchain/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/07/voatz-mobile-voting-west... .
- jandrese 8y ago
  It's pretty incredible that the state government is going to send retirees a notice that tells them to install the "voatz" app on their phone. Might as well call it xXxl33t v0+exXx. It doesn't look like an official government anything.
- mikestew 8y ago
  With that domain, I thought it was your half-assed attempted at a joke, or maybe something you found on 4chan. Then I clicked the first link. There is no way in hell I'm trusting my enfranchisement to an application called "voatz" (or an application, period. But especially not...). Bonus points for the fact that they've got that blockchain bullet point covered: https://blockview.voatz.com/ https://blockview.voatz.com/
- martythemaniak 8y ago
  When Reddit kicked out some hate groups, they setup their own website called "voat.co". I thought this was something associated with them.
  - rhencke 8y ago
    That isn't how Voat was created at all.
    - Nadya 8y ago
      If people repeat a lie enough it becomes the truth. That's the goal when misinformation like this is spread. Even better when ignorant people with only secondhand knowledge begin to spread the message. Voat had existed for just over a year before the mass subreddit ban on Reddit. The timeline is easy to look up on their Wikipedia page [0]. It was already a trollfest 4chan-like-community version of Reddit before the users of banned subs joined. - Founded as WhoaVerse in April 2014 - Subreddits banned June 2015 [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voat
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freeone3000 8y ago

https://voatz.com/ https://voatz.com/ is going to power remote voting in West Virginia, according to https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/07/voatz-mobile-voting-west-virginia-blockchain/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/07/voatz-mobile-voting-west... .

jandrese 8y ago
It's pretty incredible that the state government is going to send retirees a notice that tells them to install the "voatz" app on their phone. Might as well call it xXxl33t v0+exXx. It doesn't look like an official government anything.
mikestew 8y ago
With that domain, I thought it was your half-assed attempted at a joke, or maybe something you found on 4chan. Then I clicked the first link. There is no way in hell I'm trusting my enfranchisement to an application called "voatz" (or an application, period. But especially not...). Bonus points for the fact that they've got that blockchain bullet point covered: https://blockview.voatz.com/ https://blockview.voatz.com/
martythemaniak 8y ago
When Reddit kicked out some hate groups, they setup their own website called "voat.co". I thought this was something associated with them.
- rhencke 8y ago
  That isn't how Voat was created at all.
  - Nadya 8y ago
    If people repeat a lie enough it becomes the truth. That's the goal when misinformation like this is spread. Even better when ignorant people with only secondhand knowledge begin to spread the message. Voat had existed for just over a year before the mass subreddit ban on Reddit. The timeline is easy to look up on their Wikipedia page [0]. It was already a trollfest 4chan-like-community version of Reddit before the users of banned subs joined. - Founded as WhoaVerse in April 2014 - Subreddits banned June 2015 [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voat
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