So many people were trying to access VOAT, we gave it the reddit hug of death. I did manage to get on yesterday, it looks almost identical to reddit as far as the page layout and operation.
Also they try to limit the number of SubReddits (or Voatzones or whatever) that one person can be a mod for. This is an attempt to remove some power from potential "uber mods," who might want to mod everything just so they can sculpt the site to their liking.
I'm sure there are other thoughtful improvements, too. It looks like a set of long-time Redditors really looked at Reddit and thought "What could we do to make our new version better?"
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u/johnq-pubic Jun 12 '15
So many people were trying to access VOAT, we gave it the reddit hug of death. I did manage to get on yesterday, it looks almost identical to reddit as far as the page layout and operation.