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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Korinthian ago
From now on I'm just going to assume the Angel is Notch. Someone with a stupid amount of money, that's really bored, and is increasingly frustrated with the state of social media. Doesn't change much except that I am that much more confident in my theory that high funcitoning autists deserve to rule the world.
I look forward to whatever monetary venture is happening so I can shit all over it and/or suck your dick, as the case may be.
and I'm so fucking ready for the retarded boomers to fuck off finally. The entirety of the Q invasion has been voats unending hell. Day of the pillow cannot come soon enough.
Vindicator ago
Huh. Hadn't thought of Notch. Makes sense, though!
Octocopter ago
+1 for the idea of Notch , even if fake the fantasy leaves a warm fuzzy feeling.
not_saying_a_thing ago
This is a pretty fair bet.
Intrixina ago
I agree with this too. They would make the world a much better place!
european ago
It might be Donald trump or peter thiel
Korinthian ago
Those are political activists. Trump especially is a stupid boomer that doesn't even understand how twitter works, let alone reddit, let alone voat. Thiel seems some enterprising fuckwit, someone with better things to do that give a shit what rights are being restricted from the plebian masses.
Notch though is one of us at heart. Even more so now that his mountain of cash have put him on a pedestal, and left him in isolation far worse than what even an R9K faggot could complain over.