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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Fiveish ago
T_D advance and retreat, we'll said.
fluxusp ago
Tbh it wouldn't surprise me if this was intentional. To fuck with Voat.
Grannypede ago
I've got one foot in here and one foot there; ready to jump at a moments' notice. Email me if you need sales help
Dhsgunner ago
some of us stayed. i feel like i can get better uncensored news here
lurkwellmyfriends ago
I'm staying. And this is really not my style but I feel like it's prudent to say it anyway: Faggot.
WeekendBaker ago
Fun fact: it only comes up when newbies are around. After a few weeks we are fairly chill
CptMacaroni ago
I am still her ya feggot
Karbuster ago
what he means is why did REEEEddit choose to fuck with T_D at a time that proved most inopportune for voat? i mean T_D hasnt exactly been subservient for a while but why the sudden interest in causing a mass migration? The only answer is that the admins chose to because they know what kind of burdens it puts on us but what they didnt foresee is the rally it would cause when @puttitout went full transparency with the bills
jewsbadnews ago
It was most likely this. The mods of r/the_cuckolds were mass replaced with no reason and outcry. The new ones are working for the admins.
FerociousKyle ago
I could totally see Reddit admins doing something like this. They sound like a bunch of dick shits anyways. Glad I stayed. plus, it feels nice to be able to say faggot and not get banned.
Karbuster ago
Welcome aboard!
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