Voat

For the voting system, see Voatz.
Voat Inc.
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Social news
Available inEnglish
DissolvedDecember 25, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-25)
Country of originSwitzerland
URLwww.voat.co
(archived 2 January 2015)
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired to post
LaunchedApril 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04) (as WhoaVerse)
Current statusDefunct
Written inC#

Voat Inc (/ˈvoʊt/; styled VOΛT) was an American alt-tech[1] news aggregator and social networking service where registered community members could submit content such as text posts and direct links. Registered users could then vote on these submissions. Content entries were organized by areas of interest called "subverses".[2][3] The website was widely described as a Reddit clone[4] and a hub for the alt-right.[9] Voat CEO Justin Chastain made an announcement on December 22, 2020 that Voat would shut down.[10] The site was shut down on December 25, 2020.[11]

  1. ^ Roose, Kevin (December 11, 2017). "The Alt-Right Created a Parallel Internet. It's an Unholy Mess". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Edison Hayden, Michael (June 7, 2019). "A Guide to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)". Columbia Journalism Review. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Reynolds, Matt (July 23, 2018). "The wheels are falling off the alt-right's version of the internet". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reddit-clone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Sinders, Caroline (September 27, 2017). "There's an alt-right version of everything". Quartz. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Roose, Kevin (December 11, 2017). "The 'alt-right' created a parallel internet. It's a holy mess". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018 – via CNBC.
  7. ^ Ellis, Emma Grey (September 27, 2017). "Red Pilled: My Bizarre Week Using the Alt-Right's Vision of the Internet". Wired. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  8. ^ Kircher, Madison Malone (May 27, 2017). "Imzy, the Nice Reddit, Follows the Alt-Right Reddit, Voat, to the Grave". Select All. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  9. ^ [3][5][6][7][8]
  10. ^ "Voat.co, another Reddit Clone, goes offline on Christmas - DroidMaze". droidmaze.com. December 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  11. ^ "I Can't Keep It Up". Voat. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.