I've hung out in Voat for quite a while, right before the site transitioned out of its Whoaverse brand. It was pretty chill at first, before wave after wave of reddit migration slowly made sections of the site more toxic with unfounded vitriol. It's happened with /r/conspiracy, and it's just happened with /r/FPH. But like reddit, I'll just simply control the subverses I'm subscribed to. And if the toxicity is bad enough to permeate the entire site, I have several alternative avenues. Still I wish good luck to Atko. He's gonna have a heck of a time handling the toxins that reddit leaked out.
Indeed. I feel sorry for anyone who owns a site where people with vile and hateful viewpoints suddenly start to congregate. Were something like that be happening to me, and I'm glad it's not, I'd scrap the whole thing and wash my hands of it.Still I wish good luck to Atko. He's gonna have a heck of a time handling the toxins that reddit leaked out.
It may work out brilliantly to his benefit. If the majority of the migrating users are younger, they could form a pretty decent core group of users as they mature, particularly as much of what they are doing, dehumanizing though it may be, still requires a bit of creativity. A maturing and creative crowd could cause a lot of people to wake up one morning and find Voat.co with lots of amazing and original content. Or it will go to hell. Who knows...