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allogonist ago

I would pay real money to use a version of Voat where the accounts posting are verified, vetted, and 100% guaranteed to be real humans who only own a single account. If I could have discussions about any bullshit I wanted in an environment where I knew the discussions, ideas, votes, comments, and moderation, was done by humans not trying to manipulate me as part of some political agenda I would pay $10 a month for that service. Hell, I would even put up with sponsored manipulation if the website showed me how much money was being spent to change my perspective on things.

I don't know if such a system is even possible to build.

Right now, the open nature of Voat makes it not much better than Reddit. We have tons of shill accounts here screwing with us all the time. Frankly many of the legitimate discussions on this website have been discredited by shill accounts pretending to be racist etc. The one saving grace of Voat is that the site owners don't seem to be actively censoring certain discussions or directly modifying user content via database manipulation as they are on Reddit. A fact that's likely to change if you find the wrong source of income.

I am tired of being manipulated on social media. Offer me a product that's worth money and you will have my money.

9141930? ago

If you do decide to donate $10/month let me know and I'll add you to a thread documenting all the users pledging to donate each month.