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> Have a look at the front page of Voat. I’m not even gonna check it myself because I’ve seen enough.

Voat shut down last year (I actually wasn't aware until reading this thread and trying to check the frontpage)




A site which calls itself Voat and uses Voat branding is back under the domain voat.xyz and it has a higher percentage of extremist content than the old Voat (if you can believe that).

It doesn't appear to be ran on the same codebase or the same database as the "old" Voat, but it can essentially be considered "back".


I have tried to verify every single time in the past when people on HN have pointed at a reddit alternative or subreddit with claims of extremist content, and every single time I have found nothing. When I point this out I have gotten replies (and downvotes) that the content is actually there but hidden in dead comments, which then archive.org do not display. It always leaves me without any way to verify the claim.

This time the site above did actually have some content that match the description. Looking at the top 10 on the front page, 8 is anti-vaccination discussions and 2 is anti-jew. That is significant more than any of the other sites I have looked at, and for once I can verify what the person claim to be true.

(As usual people demonstrate how appreciated independent verification is).


Agreed. It's an attempt to censor indy media, when there's just as much extremist content on the mainstream sites.


But that site doesn't accept new users. So in that way it's not different from the old Voat.


Ah, so it has. Great!




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