Now that I have your attention, I have a confession to make: I lied.
Well sort of… because Voat 2.0 doesn’t exist yet, but it will in the future, and this thread is the first in a series of Quarterly Reviews we will be doing to get your feedback on what we need, what we need to improve, and the direction we need to move as a company and as a community.
I can finally announce that Voat’s features (software-wise) are now in the ballpark of a semi-functional platform. I’m not saying Voat is perfect, nor am I saying the features are mature, rather I am saying that we are nearing "acceptable" as a basic functioning platform.
But a basic functioning platform was never our end goal, it was just the first milestone we needed to hit. Now that we are approaching this milestone we need to lay out our future direction.
Voat doesn’t want to be a “clone” any longer. We want to stand up and proclaim our uniqueness. We want to put our differences on display and stake our future on them. Voat can’t survive without redefining ourselves, without evolving into something bigger, something better, something unique and new.
This is the post where we get to dream big, have no boundaries, no constraints, and live in world where everything is possible.
Hypothetical
You have an army of programmers, mountains of cash to burn, and you are the only board member: What does Voat 2.0 look like?
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8452281? ago
Make down votes require a comment. You see it all the time, users noting that they down vote just for fun, or because they don't like this user, or just because they dislike the title of a link. If you have the balls to down vote, have the balls to have your name revealed and you can comment away, letting the one who posted know why you've down voted. The ones who do it for fun drive others away, so many a good user has just pulled up stakes and left. It as much trolling as anything else and needs to be addressed. This won't be popular, because so many non-contributors feel 'entitled' to drive off good content, it's a problem that they themselves never encounter due to heir lack of participation beyond pressing buttons for laughs, which when they do participate, they brag on.
8453251? ago
you want to limit speech?
go to reddit, trash.
8453357? ago
Down votes are a Reddit trash holdover. If you're the one that likes 'em, live on Reddit yourself. They aren't free speech, they kill free speech. Down voting without a reason makes zero sense and drives away contrary opinion, without the down voter having to at least attempt to explain their dislike. Down vote away, but also explain why. That's it. Otherwise it's the suppression of speech, not free speech.