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The clones that drew the most attention all ended up becoming right-wing cesspools. I remember they were often created because of free-speech absolutism which w
by raziel2701 3y ago
The clones that drew the most attention all ended up becoming right-wing cesspools. I remember they were often created because of free-speech absolutism which was code for "I want to express hateful views without consequence".
- iguana_lawyer 3y agoYou nailed it
- xtracto 3y agoWhatever happened to voat? I think one problem people here underestimate is the cost of running the required infra. I seem to remember voat fell under it's own weight?
- DoItToMe81 3y agoVoat was hijacked by neonazi communities that used bots to massively pre-register popular community names and effectively prevent anyone outside of their circle from using the site. It also was absolutely full of tech issues and spent at least a quarter of its first few years down.