Welcome (announcements)

submitted ago by PuttItOut

This is just a quick message for anyone visiting Voat for the first time.

We have a known blocking issue in our code base. This means that the site is being a spoiled rotten no good son of... often will toggle off for about 10 seconds and then turn itself back on.

It truly is the most annoying bug you can imagine and we are just so happy to have it along for the ride. To make matters worse, response times are very poor right do to traffic.

So heads up, it's a little like a goat track around here right now.

For two guys with fulltime jobs it is not easy to dedicate the time to find such an obscure bug. As we often do, we have to apologize.

Many apologies everyone. We hate it too.

What we don't have at Voat:

  • Server Farms
  • Engineers (or even employees for that matter)
  • Infrastructure budget
  • Marketing department
  • Salaries ;)

What we do have:

  • Freedom of Speech
  • Annoying bugs
  • Goats

Anyways, just wanted to say welcome to any new people and we hope that what we have outweighs what we don't have.

If you have the means, please consider donating. Every bit helps and means a lot to both of us. https://store.voat.co/donations

https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806

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TheGunslinger ago

I need upvoats to be able to upvoat?

Rotteuxx ago

You need 100ccp bfr being a vetted goat.

So get 100 upgoats on you comments & you're clear to fully participate.

We make our shills work hard on getting alt accounts going here at Voat.

TheGunslinger ago

That makes sense. It'll be nice to be free from all the fucking shills.

Rotteuxx ago

We still have them, but they are dedicated professionals for the most part, ya know... higher standards I guess.

Don't forget to also ping @HenryCorp in you comments once in a while, keep that inbox annoyingly full.

TheGunslinger ago

What do you mean about Henry Corp?

Crensch ago

@HenryCorp is Voat's quintessential RedditPowerMod. He games the system to try and force his ideas on others.

TheGunslinger ago

So if I included @henrycorp it fucks him up some? Fuck man, I came here to get away from that shit.

Crensch ago

You can ping a user using @usernamehere instead of /u/usernamehere.

He is mostly quarantined to his subverses, but he occasionally opens the flood gates to shit around. Usually someone picks up on it and gives us a warning post.

https://voat.co/v/introductions/1350015/6892142

TheGunslinger ago

Reading that link... I like this place.

TheGunslinger ago

Thanks for the heads up.

Crensch ago

No charge.

TheGunslinger ago

One last question: on my screen, right after my user name, there are 3 numbers, separated by |. What do they signify?

Crensch ago

SCP | CCP | Upvoats given

TheGunslinger ago

Thanks for your help. :)

Crensch ago

Anytime.