Now that the dust has died down, here is an update on what you goats have done since the Angel announcement. If you haven't read this please do, it's a serious matter.
You have sent in 6.21405968 BTC in total which is approximately ~$12,428.00 USD (using $2K/BTC as price fluctuates). Please note the BTC donations were in a large part made by a single transaction.
Store Transactions:
| Date |
Amount |
| 18-May-2017 |
4,279.00 (USD) |
| 19-May-2017 |
5,200.00 (USD) |
| 20-May-2017 |
2,595.00 (USD) |
| 21-May-2017 |
1,800.00 (USD) |
| 22-May-2017 |
1,100.00 (USD) |
| Total* |
14,924.00 (USD) |
Total Donations:
| Date |
Amount |
| Store |
14,924.00 (USD) |
| BTC |
12,428.00 (USD) |
| Total |
27,352.00 (USD) |
Voat, I'm so very proud of you for pulling together and giving Voat another chance. I personally know that every donation is a sacrifice being made and I won't loose sight of this.
A note on hosting costs:
The value of $6,600.90 (USD) mentioned in the above announcement was for the billing period of 2017-04-01 through 2017-04-30. This means we have another bill coming up in one week. I did not turn down the hardware specs because of the uncertainty of the rather odd T_D advance and retreat we saw. Also, these amounts do not include all bills such as cloudflare and a few other small things were not added in.
This amount only gives us at most 3-4 months of operational only funds at our current burn rate, which isn't much. So now the real work begins.
Next Steps
In the short-run, we have to reduce operating costs significantly (porting to open backends and runtimes) and we need to get organized as a community. I simply cannot manage Voat alone and now is the time I admit this and open Voat up to help from the community. I will need volunteers to help with Voat's operations such sales, marketing, and community relations. If you have a strength and you want to help Voat, please send an email to [email protected] with your proposal. Voat also needs a lawyer for a few small things (our first pro-bono lawyer disappeared on us with no explanation) so if any are out there we'd love to hear from you.
I'm significantly delayed with responding to emails but I am working through them. Also, I am unable to stay on top of PM's through Voat (I have thousands of unread PMs). So please reach out via email if something is important.
I will shortly be making a post to v/voatdev with plans for migrating Voat to an open runtime.
Canary
https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806
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Le_Squish ago
Putt, have you considered daily downtown to cut cost in a more immediate way? 2 or 3 hours everyday during slow posting times?
Edit: Some goats are suggesting going down on Sundays...what you think? Off day for you at least based admin.
Arotaes_Forgehammer ago
Maybe around 2-4am each night? or hell, even 1-5am would work.
9233006? ago
Yeah, fuck the Aussies!
Realistically I don't think this is the best idea as it does ruin certain goats' chances of using Voat freely.
Slayfire122 ago
What about every Sunday for "Religious Beliefs."
9233173? ago
I think one day out of a week, or a certain number of hours on one day out of a week, would be better than just the same time slot every day taken out, if something like this were to be done at all.
Slayfire122 ago
Agreed. Once a week is fine (whole day or few hours). Every day can suck for those awake during it.
Although 2 hours per night Mon-Sat would put us at 12 hours plus 24 hours Sunday.
9233336? ago
True. I'm open to discussion on the matter.
Goater ago
It would most likely be majority during my timezone if they went with downtime option.....that kinda would suck for me.
9233849? ago
Yeah I think the downtime option would screw over minority timezone goats too much to be considered, unless we did it for the duration of an entire day each week, like Sunday as people are suggesting. That way everyone would be affected that day, and Sunday goes with the religion "no working" sentiment. It's something to consider.
Goater ago
Yeah, I'd be much more down with the 1 day a week, but rotating days would be ideal. Sunday is my main shitposting day...no client wants to call me at Sunday rates.
voats4goats ago
I'm assuming voat is on Eastern Standard time which is like 16 hrs difference for you so the shutdown day in your sense would actually be pretty much most of Monday no?
Goater ago
I assumed UTC, but hey good point, shutdown on Sundays!
Yeah nah, seriously though even if it did benefit me, not in support of something that limits global activity.
9234035? ago
Now this is getting exciting. Every week we'll play Voat roulette, where we randomly select a day to close up shop!