if you are a reddit user who is angry about the API changes (or just hate reddit in general, there are plenty of reasons to) you should consider using shreddit (https://github.com/x89/Shreddit) which is able to programmatically edit all of your posts/comments to replace their text with something else and then delete the comments.
The various incarnations of Voat since its demise have helped keep the spirit of the community alive.
There is a new project underway which aims to be a sturdier vessel for Free Speech on Reddit like platforms: Plebbit.
If you are developing for Voat / Talk.lol, you no doubt care about the community here. If you have time, and some skills in e.g. IPFS, or React JS, please take a look at Plebbit.
One thing that is needed at the moment is a way of speeding up the peer-to-peer aspect, so that posting is more rapid. Clients with a different GUI might be popular too.
I was a once was a beta tester on the original Voat, and have been floating around, on and off, since then. I have had a couple of other accounts here, but for some reasons keep being locked out of my accounts.
I am mainly here to shill Free Software tech and platforms.
In this intro, let me mention Plebbit.
Plebbit is real, and the protocol is working. It is possible to post there. The clients are under active development. (If you know React JS, you should find it easy.)
Plebbit is designed to be a complete replacement for Reddit. It is decentralized, and runs on a client (which helps the network) or in a web-browser. It is a bit buggy at the moment, but will be a strong solution for Free Speech.
