I came across this submission posted by my great pal Theo (actually I wouldn't trust him around sharp objects, but that's just me) and it was such a clickbate title! I was expecting him roast me for posting poetry to Voat.
I was ready to laugh.
I didn't laugh. It wasn't funny, it was concern fagging about my credibility, mental state, and casting doubt about Voat and who we partnered with. I hate clickbate.
If you filter down the list of demands you get to the important stuff. This is some of it. I've said this before, and will one last time.
Why would anyone invest in Voat?
- They believe Free Speech is important
- They see a lot of potential in Voat
They aren't selling ads, so obviously they are selling us out.
- Voat data has never been shared with anyone, and will remain this way.
How is Voat ever going to make money?
We realized years ago that advertising was a dead end. At best it would possibly cover hosting costs. It is sad in a way, because we could get some advertising, but we can't expect Voat to change. If I said "Hey guys, we can get some advertisement money if we clean up the defaults a bit," how would that end? Basically we can't advertise here because of the content. It's that bad.
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We have a new feature set coming out soon that will allow Voat to generate revenue in fun and different ways. We are going to move in this direction and build out revenue capability on top of it.
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Additionally, while developing some prototype features, we realized that we could use the software for a different purpose, potentially opening up an entirely new market separate from Voat (no Voat wouldn't change). So we are working to this end too.
Who is The Angel?
I'm not saying, because it's unimportant. I have controlling interest in Voat. The Angel is a silent partner and does not get involved with the running of Voat. Maybe they should because it takes a ton of time and they might be better than me. ;)
Short of it is:
If you don't trust me you should leave Voat, it's what I did with Reddit. That's honestly my best advice.
What I didn't do when I left Reddit was make a bunch of destructive posts about how much I didn't trust them. You know, to go along with that builder/destroyer theme we have going.
Another sticky? Who is this power mod!?
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BraunF14 ago
"Basically we can't advertise here because of the content. It's that bad."
I love that you're realistic. We all pretty much are and should have already considered this before anyone else starts asking to purchase ad space. Thanks for the chuckle. But yeah, we are pretty out there and I love it.
fishmantis ago
Certain counterculture would likely pay for ads here, just like on 8ch. And not just pornography and similar garbage. Depending on pricing, I'd put some ads up here. It's nothing political, just content that I think a lot of people here would find interesting.
fuspezza ago
It wont be long till some hip up and coming brand will realize that Voat is just the market they want to target.
CowWithBeef ago
I'm surprised churches wouldn't want to reach us with the word of God. A church ad espousing its uncucked nature might be very effective.
WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago
What if I want to buy an ad as a way to donate to the site and use it for a paid shitpost like that one where a guy is pouring a beer on some sausages in a frying pan.
shawnfromnh69 ago
Yeah bad is right in todays world. We sound like a bunch of 70's men at a local bar discussing shit. The words are half swears and the topic are all over the place. I know this because I would sit in the bar with my dad back then and didn't understand a fucking thing they talked about but now I do.
aaronC ago
Even if voat was less edgy with content, if it's not sucking up to liberals the odds of losing advertising providers is extremely high. Far left has been going after advertisers on websites they don't like for quite some time. When a website creates their own monetization scheme, it takes away a tool liberals use to shut down websites by cutting off their funding.
A website can not be free (as in freedom) if it's being indirectly funded by liberals. And if you're using advertising services, you're being funded indirectly by receiving commission for displaying ads from the liberal company allowing you to display those ads.
It's more of a rule for general websites. Even if you sell your own ad space directly, without a service like adsense, those companies advertising may, and probably will, be attacked by liberals into either removing those ads or something worse.
Apexbreed ago
This gives me the idea to start threatening companies who advertise on any platform that allowed communist content (all of them). Might as well play their game back. We need media sources to back this play though.
RoBatten ago
It frustrates (((them))) that they don't have this avenue of attack on Voat. So we get hit hard with shills . . .
BigFatDaddy ago
Is it bad that this made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside?
Liber ago
Yes because why should the average Voat user not allowed to use this ad space? Who cares about third party, we had people buying ad space on Voat for a while, which helps, so why take that down?
TheKnightOfGod ago
Probably because it's more work for putt and the money isn't worth it?
Liber ago
No, the code and framework for it was there already.
TheKnightOfGod ago
I was thinking about communication between putt and guys who want to advertise + time to review the "ads" suggested to make sure they don't contain any illegal shit.
Liber ago
Really doesn’t take much time at all and the monetary value should be worth it considering it was fairly easy to do before.
TheKnightOfGod ago
Never underestimate the times it takes to talk (deal with) to some people (shills, kikes, niggers, degenerates, etc.) not all goats are smart, well-intentioned and polite.
BigFatDaddy ago
I would like to see the user ads come back. Some of those were pretty funny.
badruns ago
Is it cause I say nigger sometimes?
Damn niggers ruining Voat advertising too.
hafen ago
That's what's called scapegoating. You're responsible for how you then act.
Freedom can both be heavily capitalized on to accomplish great things, or wasted. We don't live for forever.
GoldShekelSteinBerg ago
Niggers ruin everything.
BraunF14 ago
Lol I like your take on it. Well it's cuz we all say nigger sometimes. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. We simply have to face the reality that the world we live in today on or offline won't really be so ready to advertise their products next to beautiful pictures of Hitler. And that's ok. We don't want their shit anyways.
matt ago
8ch somehow manages to find advertisers
TheKnightOfGod ago
can we find these companies and tell them about Voat?