The Verge: "Welcome to Voat: Reddit killer, troll haven, and the strange face of internet free speech" [x-post reddit] Read it here. As I'm sure you're aware, KiA was sort of an "early adopter" of Voat, with that sub being created about 7 months ago, when the site was still called Whoaverse (and had that weird fucking marmoset-looking mascot). And considering how there's been significant backlash towards Reddit recently, Voat's been looking better and better to more people. (Isn't today supposed to be a "Use Voat Instead of Reddit" day?) I guess it's only natural that we'd see articles trying to tie the site to trolling and bigotry, huh? Sounds kind of familiar. Are we sure we haven't heard this, before? GamerGate also gets a mention towards the end. > At these moments, Voat draws comparisons to 8chan, another "free speech-friendly" version of a larger platform. 8chan, which grew after informal message board 4chan banned discussion of Gamergate, is also the great hope of people too terrible for an already legendarily offensive community. But unlike 8chan, Voat hasn’t tied itself explicitly to a movement like Gamergate. Nor have its administrators very publicly written for a prominent neo-Nazi site, as 8chan’s founder has. Both user bases might share a disdain for the SJW menace, but Voat’s seem to have a lot more on their mind. At least they aren't accusing Voat of hosting CP, right? This post was mirrored from http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3ctkdl/the_verge_welcome_to_voat_reddit_killer_troll/ and may have been edited at the original location.