Reddit users flee to Swiss copy Voat after harassment clampdown
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#BAYH)
Clone site buckling under influx of new users seeking a 'censorship-free' experience after Reddit banned five subreddits
Disgruntled Redditors have decamped en masse to a Swiss-based clone of Reddit called Voat after the site's administrators banned five subreddits for harassing behaviour.
In response to the deluge, Voat, which mimics Reddit's design and layout (albeit using "subverses" rather than "subreddits") was forced to ask for bitcoin donations to keep the site live.
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