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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jayenomics ago
It really sucks that the servers couldn't handle the influx, since while it was happening all I wanted to do was check out this site that everyone was talking about....but it is completely understandable. You don't want to pay for 10x the server resources you need just in case something happens; that wouldn't be a very sound business model.
Hopefully Voat can sustain the uptick in traffic, because this is a pretty nice place to get away from the Reddit craziness. Like a vacation home on the beach...nice 99% of the time, until the Reddit Hurricane rolls through and knocks everything out for a few days.