Pretty much. I'm sitting here wondering what hit me really.
Putt is into talking about destroyers. I think he is one himself. Of his own site. But if he isn't careful here the userbase are liable to finish the job. This fracas has mass exodus potential - and Voat isn't that big to begin with.
He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby becomes a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.
I don’t think putt is acting with malice, but bad outcomes do not require ill intent.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
I don't quite think that's it. I think that what you're seeing more as naïvety, is better described as ineptitude. I'm considering doing a broader write up of this. Given a choice to take the high road or the low road in these types of situations, a lot of times he simply made an incorrect choice.
Are you moving to Poal?
I’ve lurked here a while, I mostly lurk on Voat these days as well.
Most of my focus is on my https://notabug.io project at the moment.
He was absentee for years, and doesn't think that was an issue. Putt has never come to terms with his inadequacy as a decisionmaker and leader, despite great coding ability. Atko had the community pulse down.
Also, welcome - I remember way back that OE was one of the first places I subscribed to
Remember when Putt made that post about some agency contacting him?
It happened around the exact same time that folks from 8ch were posting videos of friendly FBI visits.
I expect Putt received a similar visit and is under some pressure to reign certain behaviors in.
I'm starting to think the "voat manipulation" bans were just cover for government censorship of people saying inconvenient things, he has the copeout answer of "well i can't explain why they were banned or they'd get around it haha" as the ultimate shield against criticism for zero transparency.
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