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
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.
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