What did they do this time? (announcements)

submitted ago by Atko

Voat is currently getting hit with a huge amount of traffic as a direct result of recent changes happening over at that other place.

Everyone, we’re sorry. We’re both sad to see what we once loved change in this manner, but we’re also excited about the future, but our future won't be traveling down this same path.

We won’t be getting any sleep tonight (again) and we are doing everything we can to handle the traffic.

Our budget is limited but we’ll make sure to fight to the last penny in order to keep Voat alive for this community. If you want to donate, well, now is the time. Our bitcoin address is 1C4Q1RvUb3bzk4aaLVgGccnSnaHYFdESzY.

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dugganmania ago

They've gone full DIGG

OrionBlastar ago

Soon they will have multi-page articles with clickbait on them. Videos on the page that autoplay, and pop-up advertising.

AvatarKorra ago

Looks like Voat is going to become the new Reddit.

dugganmania ago

Yeah but without the ridiculous censorship

ColaEuphoria ago

Hopefully they won't fuck it up ten years down the line.

Orbitrix ago

And know you what? They're going to make a lot of money in the process. As far as they're concerned, someone else can bare the responsibility of free expression. They're going to gut reddit, and sell the remains to the highest advertiser.

Looking at Ellen Pao's history, this should not be a surprise. It is why they hired her.

chkiss ago

bear* the responsibility.

Step_into_Liquid ago

What do you think the aftermath Reddit user traffic will be? Right now they average 160 Million right? Will Voat's userbase quadruple tonight? and next week? and the week after?

DreadPirateKiwi ago

If everyone leaves it won't be worth anything

Wobbling ago

There's a sweet spot there.

Cleaning up reddit won't instantly kill it, its a community with momentum. If the site is 85% as busy but 3000% more advertiser friendly then its a much more compelling sale. What happens after the sale / IPO / whatever isn't the current administration's concern.

I don;t feel like this is something that is being done accidentally.

bluebirdinsideme ago

I feel as though you're underestimating the effect that damaging the brand value of reddit will have. If people want to use a site that censors, sucks up to corporate titans, and has non-existent levels of transparency, why won't they just use another site? The vast majority of reddit hates facebook for these exact reasons.

cocklobster ago

vocal minority are the ones jumping ship, reddit will have enough lurkers and people without a clue about any of this to still be a monolith

dugganmania ago

Well then the reddit userbase will move on I am sure. Many moved from Digg to reddit when Digg v4 came out and I am sure they will move yet again after these events.