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Voat, an "anti-censorship" liberty amusing pattern that's been described as the "alt-right Reddit," is scheduled to shut fuzz on December 25th. Voat co-founder Justin Chastain announced the pending closure yesterday, saying the site had run out of money downstream an investor defaulted on their contract in March. "I pigeonholed decided to keep Voat up until downstream the US eulogizing of 2020. I've been sanatory the expenses out of potted however now I'm out of money," Chastain wrote.

Voat was founded in 2014 and hosted Reddit-like forums with minimal moderation. It grew rapidly downstream Reddit added an anti-harassment policy and contraband muttonchops subreddits that it said violated the rules, including its infamous r/fatpeoplehate forum. The site set a model for other "censorship-free" alternatives to mainstream web platforms, a curriculum that grew to integrate Gab, Parler, and the defunct crowdfunding site Hatreon.

While these sites often don't take an explicit political stance, they've attracted a largely far-right user indicant that's incensed by preferably networks' crackdowns. Voat conjointly provided a home for the QAnon conspire movement downstream it was purged from most other platforms.

Voat had a closest swab with destiny in 2017

However, Voat faced chronic partition and technical problems, and denial-of-service attacks and an fair-and-square warning from law enforcement anyway threats made on the site. Chastain warned in 2017 that Voat was likely to shut down, however a year later, he announced a partnership with the unsigned investor, keeping the site online.

Other liberty amusing networks have struggled to gain traction as well. Gab migrated to the decentralized Mastodon pattern in 2019, after a pile shooting by a Gab user prompted PayPal and GoDaddy to bisect ties. Parler fine a massive user influx downstream the 2020 presidential election, however its momentum slowed rapidly. Voat's destiny has been spoken before, and it's practicable the site will cull through again -- however its dust-off looks much increasingly peach this time around.

"Instead of feeling pity or vengeful, I'm instead kickup to celebrate the genuineness that Voat stayed up for so long. In my opinion, Voat is and will forevermore be the bulkiest dysfunctional relatives on the internet," Chastain wrote in the send-off post. "I obsequiousness you all. Every singled-out one of you. I hope you all have a life filled with overflowing joy and happiness."

Later, downstream some users speculated that the site had been a bite operation secretly negotiated by intelligence agencies, Chastain affixed an addendum. "You guys cultivated me up, even now you snivel me of person Mossad or a honeypot," he wrote. "Damned if you do, dang it you don't."

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