Voat Is Shutting Down

Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by heavyset_go on Monday December 21, 2020 @10:37PM (#25502568)

> Reddit, in its earlier days, was never dominated by the Voat contingent.

One of Reddit's most visited subreddits in the early days, between 2007 and 2011, was one dedicated to sharing suggestive pictures of minors[1]. It was chosen as "subreddit of the year" in 2008 and the subreddit was the second most searched term on Reddit[2].

There was definitely a core of users with questionable characters on Reddit for whom "free speech" meant sharing extremist, or at least perverse, content. The Reddit CEO even issued a "memo on free speech" to address the situation[1].

[1] https://venturebeat.com/2012/10/17/reddit-ceo-issues-interna...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_Reddit_communiti...

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by greggturkington on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:08AM (#25503445)

Those weren't the early days; Condé Nast owned it and you could make your own subreddits by then. Early on it was very science, tech, and liberal. Mysogynistic, but not alt-right/hate content like Voat.

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Re:Voat Is Shutting Down by hhjinks on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @04:52AM (#25504618)

Looking at the second link just makes me nostalgic for the heyday of reddit drama. So many shitty subreddits on there I forgot all about.

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