I have been here for a good while, originally OzarkMoutainGoat. I don't comment much anymore, I just lurk. This site is basically dead, it has been so for a while. It was dead from get-go. The admin hates the user base and a substantial subsection of the user base goes way out of their way to be unpalatable to anyone but the initiated.
I takes real money to keep the lights on. If you are running a business and you care about anything other than the bottom line you are destined to failure. Revenue is everything.
Once again, you are thinking too simply. Revenue does not magically make a business venture successful and lack of it does not destine one to fail. There are many indirect paths to profitability.
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Monteblanc ago
I have been here for a good while, originally OzarkMoutainGoat. I don't comment much anymore, I just lurk. This site is basically dead, it has been so for a while. It was dead from get-go. The admin hates the user base and a substantial subsection of the user base goes way out of their way to be unpalatable to anyone but the initiated.
Le_Squish ago
In every business, you will hate most if your customers. Websites are not an exception.
Most developers and admins have no business training so it is difficult for them to tackle this aspect of a website.
Monteblanc ago
From the surface view, to us users, I don't see how Voat could be considered a business. It's more like a vanity affair or a sociology project.
Le_Squish ago
Philosophically voat isn't a business but logistically it is.
Monteblanc ago
How is the site making money? From my understanding r/the_donald gave a bunch and then fucked off. Is there another revenue stream now?
Le_Squish ago
You are thinking too simply. Revenue is only 1 aspect of a business.
Monteblanc ago
I takes real money to keep the lights on. If you are running a business and you care about anything other than the bottom line you are destined to failure. Revenue is everything.
Le_Squish ago
Once again, you are thinking too simply. Revenue does not magically make a business venture successful and lack of it does not destine one to fail. There are many indirect paths to profitability.
fluhthreeex ago
Well then quit beating around the bush and spit it the fuck out. What are you trying to say?