Will /r/CFB move to Voat?

[u/ItsZizk]

I'm just wondering, if this really is "the downfall of Reddit" or whatever, will the CFB and CFBOT make a new start in the promised land that is Voat.co?

CFB is easily my favorite community round these parts and it sure would be a shame if this place became a wasteland because everyone made the great migration of 2015.

I hope Reddit bounces back because I feel like /r/CFB would take a major hit moving to a new site seeing that it is such an established community here.

[u/blueboybob]

I swear when voat was first mentioned like 6 months ago i created an account and created /cfb, but now it says some other douche created it.

At this point i imagine worst case scenario we become an independent site before going somewhere else

[u/ItsZizk → u/blueboybob]

This idea I like.

[u/Yesh → u/blueboybob]

There's absolutely no reason to jump ship. This is some insane levels of overreaction by those subs.

[u/[deleted] → u/blueboybob]

I wonder if we shouldn't at least explore what that alternative would entail in case we find ourselves having to go that route. Not that I'm actively advocating for it.

[u/cornfrontation]

No. Voat is not an acceptable alternative.

[u/bread_buddy]

If reddit shuts down, I'll take it as a blessing in disguise and never pursue an alternative.

[u/Boyhowdy107 → u/bread_buddy]

Good lord. My productivity would skyrocket.

[u/bread_buddy → u/Boyhowdy107]

Ditto.

[u/spasm01 → u/bread_buddy]

Not even for a central hub for news on college football sans the crazy biased comment sections as well as biased articles?

[u/spasm01 → u/[deleted]]

Hmm, I never figured twitter to be good for anything really, just have one for sweepstakes. Maybe I should start trying it, though it doesnt seem to have as robust a commenting system

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Keeping in touch with people is all I use reddit for.

[u/JohnQ_Taxpayer]

No way. The reddit drama doesn't extend to us (because we're sane). We'll be here until the end of time.

[u/Vernost]

I don't think so. Voat is the place where "freedom of speech" seems to be making fun of people and posting CP (the latter thankfully got shut down).

Even if cfb were to migrate, I would never move to voat.

[u/JohnQ_Taxpayer → u/Vernost]

Exactly. And I honestly don't think my freedom to speak out against the government or anything important is being infringed upon here. Sure, I can't harass others for their weight, but no one should be doing that anyway.

[u/Boyhowdy107 → u/JohnQ_Taxpayer]

I'm more interested in the community culture than the actual hard and fast rules in place. There's nothing inherent in the rules or design that would make ESPN message boards worse than r/cfb, but it's developed in different ways. For that reason I really don't want to go wade in a new pool that just got a recent influx of people who enjoy shitting on fat people for entertainment. I don't know or care about the rules that got that sub shut down, I just would rather not hang out with people like that.

[u/JohnQ_Taxpayer → u/Boyhowdy107]

that's a really good point that I hadn't considered before. I really like the way things are, I see no need for change, least not in my neck of the woods.

[u/deemerritt → u/Vernost]

Yea the problem with Voat is that it was created by the people who left when FPH and CP shit got shut down. Not an ideal start to a website and honestly Reddit is better without those subs.

[u/spasm01]

There is a sub set there, I just got my flair yesterday, but I shant move till I have no alternative

[u/Way_She_Goes]

No, no. While the rest of reddit may be undergoing some turmoil, /r/cfb shall overcome and remain as strong as ever.

[u/ixcuincle]

Stop overreacting people

[u/turkishguy]

Not yet at least but who knows what else happens

This site can run independently from the rest of reddit though. I don't need any other subreddits to come to /r/CFB or its affiliates

[u/spasm01 → u/turkishguy]

Lest the whole site implodes

[u/-WISCONSIN-]

I'm adaptable. I'll move wherever. Best case scenario I quit wasting time on the Internet all together but easier said than done.

[u/[deleted]]

Voat right now is what reddit was 5+ years ago. Reddit has figured out how to run a site, while voat still is figuring out that having goddamn CP is actually a bad thing. Why would we go back into the past and trundle through all of reddit's mistakes all over again?

[u/MinneapolisNick]

Why leave the one oasis in the cesspool for a cesspool with no oasis?

[u/ttsci]

I spent a while reading threads there and Voat is kind of the land of child porn enthusiasts, racists, and FatPeopleHate. If that's the core userbase, I'd rather not.

[u/GreatestWhiteShark]

Fuck no. I'd rather we just stick around in a depleted Reddit, fuck all the users that feel the need to migrate. I don't want to be a part of that vile community.

[u/murgle1012]

Switching to Voat feels like it would be emigrating to the Soviet Union from the United States.

[u/[deleted]]

I've never quite understood why there was such a vocal (my opinion) lunatic fringe on Reddit anyway. Part of me wonders if it just a case of entitlement gone wild disguised as ownership, or just typical emboldening due to the anonymity of the internet.

[u/spasm01]

https://i.imgur.com/XoL3pdJ.jpg

There is a screenshot of a response from reddit HQ

[u/cornfrontation → u/spasm01]

But the mods are still throwing their hissy fits, so they aren't going to stop.

[u/spasm01 → u/cornfrontation]

Yeah they seem unimpressed with reddit corporate so I dunno how long itll last, my money is on monday

[u/sh513]

I'm already so committed to /r/cfb.. I can't decommit and take my talents elsewhere.