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Can't tell if I like it or hate it. Let me know what you think or if you have any better suggestions.

Edit: I think I like it.

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Putt would say this throughout his reign as voat.co admin. It never made sense to me. An experiment? Was I the test subject?? Either way I didn't care. I was an addict, addicted to free speech. And if I could get it through this shadey connect(tion) then whatever, it was worth it.

Well Putt's experiment is over, which led me to doing experimenting of my own. One thing led to another and here we are.

What is the experiment?

To answer: Can a website which allows free speech exist today and be successful? What problems come with that? Basically a pulse check on America.

I'm sure this is exactly what Putt meant by "voat is an experiment".

Why his experiment ended/failed is beyond me. I can only state the current status of mine.

Running smooth. No major problems to report. However, the active user numbers are dwindling. This makes it easier for trolls to cause disruption.

Well why is it dwindling?

Is it the trolls themselves? This worries me more than anything TBH. It tells me that free speech cannot survive on it's own and needs to be coddled. If I have to coddle free legal speech in order to have a successful site, then the experiment has been concluded with an answer of 'no'.

Is it me? I try to be hands off unless I am forced to act. I detest mods and admins like AOU. If had to worry about which sub a thread was posted to and where to move it, or which account needs gray text for being too 'jewish' or whatever, then the experiment has been concluded with an answer of 'no'.

Is it the site itself? This I also don't understand. Yes the site needs work and isn't perfect, but I am donating my time solo here. Surely any quirk or minor annoyance can be over looked, I do it all the time for corporate software with millions invested into it. If you want glitz and glamour over raw uncensored speech then the experiment has been concluded with an answer of 'no'.

Are just people just tired of the constant barrage of news that comes out of a dystopian society? This I believe is the case. Sometimes I suffer from clown world fatigue and force myself to visit just to check up on things. Ultimately I'd love to grow to a point where political/news talk isn't the sole attraction. But that's a dream.

It's just sad to see the old voat.co userbase splinter and continue to splinter here. I really thought this place would pick up steam. I am running it from the heart.

Which is why I'm gonna say fuck it and just announce here and now that I am demodding sparklingwizzle. He seems like a cool dude, but he does not have the same vision for this website that I do.

Nougat will remain on as mod.

I want this place to grow. But it is not a business for me. It succeeding or failing will lie solely on the original question "Can a website which allows free speech exist today and be successful?". So far the answer is, yes, but only if you censor speech the core group of users wants, of course! The glowniggers arent the issue, but the trolls and sensitive users can be. If that's the case then let's drive this shit into the ground.

One year ago today talk.lol was born. Launching the site I had no idea was to expect or if the thing would even work, but a year later I can say I am pleased with what it's become so far. I love this small corner of the internet. The importance of having a free and uncensored way to communicate and share ideas and information is immeasurable. Using the experimental covid 19 injection as an example, all the information you guys have posted over the last year has personally helped me convince people in my life to question it, and not blindly trust what the TV and mainstream social media is telling them. There are people out there suffering who wished they had all the information beforehand. This is just one example of censorship ruining and costing lives and why it should be abhorred. I'll take truth, real information, and "nigger", over lies, propaganda, and censorship any day. Any sane rational thinking individual would too.

One year later this place has grown into something special. I don't know what the future holds but at least this great community exists to shit post about it.

As far as the future of the site is concerned, I have plans to further improve it. Right now I am very happy with it's speed, performance, and reliability. I want to go through and fix all the little annoyances/inconsistencies (i.e. saving a thread causing a page reload, etc.). I had planned to already start working on this.. but shit happens. I hope to sit down and hack away at it in the next month or two.

Happy birthday Talk

Love you goats

I didn't do the joke but it's expiring next month. Wasn't planning on renewing it, but now that poal is dead maybe I should? Poal theme incoming?? ;) Na poal is gay. Any ideas what I should do with it?

I found a few critical areas that could be improved. Threads with 100+ comments are now loading pretty much instantly. More improvements coming later this month.

You now have 3 people to reach out to if needed. Just to be clear, they do not have access to the database or IP address information but they can suspend, set rate limits to users, and delete content when needed. As always I will still be around and can be reached via PM.

For posting blatantly stupid and illegal comments in chat. Intentionally trying to stir shit up it seems. Thermonuclear levels of glow. Caught it quick but if I need some mods I have a couple of you in mind, I will think it over tonight. Sorry about chat there is no easy way to delete individual messages currently.

How hard is it to create a search engine?

This past year was pretty brutal for most of us worldwide. I hope you all made it through okay. Trying to muster up encouraging words for 2022 isn't possible. But not all hope is lost. People everywhere are starting to question what they're told. And if my understanding of reality is correct, it's just a matter of time before the pendulum comes swinging back the other way. Will it be 2022? It's very possible. Stay cool goats. Happy new year :)

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