Aether is where Voat should be.
It is a distributed, Free Speech platform, released under a Free Licence.
If you haven't tried it yet, take a look. There are a few tricks to learn, like almost every sub is NSFW, even cooking! To see them all, you need to enable NSFW in options. Also, for security, thumbnails are disabled, so you will need to enable that too if you want to view images in the client.
People often misunderstand a Terms of Service (ToS) statement on the Aether website. The ToS pertains to the website forum for Aether, which is used for logging bugs etc. Speech is Free on Aether, to the extent that the laws of the USA permit, which is as much as anywhere.
The moderation system is such that you can impeach a mod you don't like and have them replaced, if enough people feel the same way.
Aether is due for a major new update any day now, so it is a good time to check. The project is funded through purchases of a different application, which is not required, and this is available on the Aether website.
I am glad to see the feeling of Voat here again, but unfortunately, a centralized, HTTP website, using Cloudflare, is just repeating the mistakes of history and I fear doomed to failure. Hopefully not, but there you are.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to try and answer them here.
See you on Aether!
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