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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8454148? ago
How about am option for mods to be notified when someone posts in their verse, an option to follow some threads and be messaged when someone responds to another user's post you flag?
8459603? ago
I like this idea. Allow mods the option to be sent a message when a new link or discussion is initiated in their sub. It wouldn't work for larger subs, as you'd be messaged to death, so it should be an optional setting that can be used by mods of small subs.
8468744? ago
Add a threshold parameter, so once a thread hits 100 upvoats, you get a notification. If it dips below -5, you get a notification. Also, high volume downvoating from one user should have an option to notify. In other words, if a guy spams downvoats, the mod can be notified.
8470372? ago
Not a bad idea. Our biggest problem though is that often there is no real mod. So many subs were abandoned years ago, so the spammers tend to accumulate in those. This will correct over time, perhaps.