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In terms of Voat archival, 2025 was a tragic year.

submitted by Artemis to LostMedia 1 dayDec 2, 2025 19:04:59 ago (+3/-0)     (LostMedia)

This year, the history of the original Voat.co was struck with three disasters.

We lost pic8.co in April, searchvoat.co in August, and the Catbox archives on the Wayback Machine in September - all in this year. Around the time Voat shut down, the Wayback Machine had saved some Catbox files linked from Voat, which became the only backup given that Catbox (better named Furrybox) has purged most files from the Voat days over time.

This is why I encourage everybody: if you see a funny or based meme, save it locally. You might turn out to be the only person keeping it alive in a few years' time.


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[ - ] ruck_feddit 2 points 1 dayDec 2, 2025 19:33:12 ago (+2/-0)

If it was good over the past decade, I've got it stored. You fuckers repost a lot

[ - ] Artemis [op] 1 point 1 dayDec 2, 2025 20:39:46 ago (+1/-0)

[ - ] ruck_feddit 2 points 1 dayDec 2, 2025 20:54:42 ago (+2/-0)

I remember that. If it was posted in a downloadable form, I'd bet I do.

Everything is in folders. Thousands of images and videos, titled whatever it was upon download. 415 images on my phone from recent months alone. Someday I'll organize it. If you're asking me to hunt it down for you, that's a tall order.

[ - ] Artemis [op] 0 points 6 hoursDec 4, 2025 07:07:12 ago (+0/-0)

Do you have a file named "odv4op.mp4"? If you do, a simple search should find it.

[ - ] ruck_feddit 1 point 1 hourDec 4, 2025 11:30:09 ago (+1/-0)

I'll check that out when I get back home tonight. Approximately how old is it? That'll help me narrow down where to look for it.

[ - ] Artemis [op] 0 points 19 minutesDec 4, 2025 12:51:15 ago (+0/-0)

Approximately how old is it?

June 4th, 2020. (archive of original Voat post without the file)

[ - ] Artemis [op] 0 points 5 minutesDec 4, 2025 13:05:21 ago (+0/-0)

That'll help me narrow down where to look for it.

While you're at it, here's a tip:

Run these commands:

mkdir ~/filelists
find /path/to/HDD >> ~/filelists/HDD-name.txt

This creates a text file with all the file names. This lets you search for file names without physically plugging in the drive.

Search file names with:
grep -r -i "example file name" ~/filelists

I hope I could help.

[ - ] Indoctrinated_USA 1 point 1 dayDec 2, 2025 19:09:13 ago (+1/-0)

I don't see the value in archiving Voat unless you're into leftist doxxing via data farming.

[ - ] Gentile_Giant 0 points 1 dayDec 2, 2025 20:30:11 ago (+1/-1)

Does that mean @HeyJames can't keep searching for all the lost srayzie nudes?

[ - ] HeyJames 0 points 20 hoursDec 3, 2025 16:17:06 ago (+0/-0)

They're not lost, Chico has them