Now voat only allows you to browse the site if you log in
submitted 4 years ago * by magnora7 from (self.MeanwhileOnVoat)
They must be suffering a lot of attacks or something to make it so people can only view the site if logged in. And they also have their DDOS protection activated too. I also see their server is down sometimes as well.
Either that or they're having software troubles and are using this to limit traffic... whatever the reason it's interesting to see voat doing this.
[–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
I've been noticing some new people here at saidit lately because of voat doing stuff like this. Welcome! Here's saidit's welcome message to learn more about what makes saidit unique: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/37r/welcome_to_saiditnet/
[–]m68k 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
I did join Voat about a half year earlier than here, but I only posted there once. Since I rarely logged on to Voat, my account was locked.
Funny thing is, since they now only allow people to view the site logged in, I can now actually log in. WTF :P
[–]Tom_Bombadil 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
Voat is like a hostile prohibition speakeasy which is tucked behind a dark alley. You need to know the secret knock and the password to get in.
[–]Chipit 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
That also destroys any reach or influence it might have. Might as well not even be on the internet if you're going to be passworded to view content.
[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago* (3 children)
They're trying to hire someone to re-architect and scale the site...
entirely new infrastructure I'm not going anywhere but I need a team that can handle the tech side of Voat entirely
entirely new infrastructure
I'm not going anywhere but I need a team that can handle the tech side of Voat entirely
This does not bode well for their survival. At least some people are asking to make the code open source again.
https://voat.co/v/Voat/3361289
[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (2 children)
Interesting, thanks for the info. I just don't get WHY they keep doing all these software re-writes. I agree it doesn't bode well for the long-term survival of voat.
[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
I suspect that they've always been on the edge of being able to handle their traffic, and that they sloppily scaled out to get this far, and they know it. Like maybe they've never done a real rewrite. I'm not sure if they ever made the jump to linux for cheaper hosting either.
[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
Could very well be. I'm just surprised because it seemed pretty stable a month ago. And they re-wrote the whole site in .NET, so I'm surprised if their database doesn't use upgraded technology.
In a way I kind of hope they make it through, it'd be crazy if this ended up being the end of voat
[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
Voat's just pretty broken in general right now.
[–]313337 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
They are down with a bad goat message -- no way to login
[–]Snow 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (3 children)
I am interested, who want to take down Voat?
[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
Nah just let them be. They seem to be slowly self-destructing anyway.
[–]Snow 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
They are being too welcome for psychos...
[–]BillionDollarEgg3 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
There was some post about a 'pizzagate' thing a newslink connecting Epstein's human trafficking to some British royalty, an Arab king, big companies around Hollywood and the Bank and this woman called Junkermann and an old noble house connected to the Vatican. I also seen a post about this 'cult' https://i.imgur.com/ROFireW.jpg not sure what it all means. seems like a lot of anonymous social media is under cultural/information attack right now, in the last few weeks
[–]EmacsIsGood 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
I only know that there have indeed been some DDoS attackk the past few days.
I think two days ago I could see the site, actually. Only a page with a map with the traffic and where it comes from.
Also some (sticky) posts about increased traffic some days before that.
use the following search parameters to narrow your results:
e.g. sub:pics site:imgur.com dog
sub:pics site:imgur.com dog
advanced search: by author, sub...
~1 user here now
Meanwhile on voat.co...
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