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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9232899? ago
I definitely think reducing operating costs is a priority, and I know you need help to do that in reasonable time. We have people from /v/Linux actively working to help with that process.
Specific parts Putt has stated a need for volunteers so far:
Putt, could you go into some more depth sometime soon about the exact work that needs to be done in these categories? And are there any other roles that need to be filled? I think the more specific the stated roles are the more likely people are to reach out.
EDIT: Also, if people stay true to their pledges and if more pledges come in, I'm sure that with reduced monthly costs and more volunteers we can run Voat long-term and smoothly. If you intend to donate monthly and are not on the list I linked to, please contact me so we all have a better understanding of how much we can reasonably hope to bring in each month on our own.
EDIT 2: Also, that title is amazing.
Planet_Terror ago
Will there be any merchandise soon? I've donated $25 a few days ago but would definitely buy some Voat Goat merch! Maybe something for the cars ... that can always give some free advertisement., especially with the cute Goat, I think it may make people curious and come visit.
9267414? ago
We've had merch drives in the past and there are definitely more to come, they just always have temporary merch availability. Shouldn't be much longer before the next one.
Planet_Terror ago
Perfect thanks! I'll keep my eye out for it and donate whenever I have some extra cash.