General Summary
It’s been about a month since the last GOAT statement (1) so it’s time for another one and we have some exciting things to share and some challenges to mention.
I have not gotten back to all the emails Voat has received so if you haven’t heard back from me please note you are on the list.
.NET Core Port (Cross Platform Voat)
We’ve been pushing very hard on porting Voat to .NET Core, as this will give us the most opportunity to cut costs and get more hands and help from the development community.
Today we have major news:
Voat has been successfully ported to .NET Core! (2)
Today’s commit took care of the last few failing unit tests. What originally was estimated at three months of work was accomplished in less than a month.
What a great day for this milestone to take place as today is my 3 year anniversary since I registered and then shortly afterwards started “working” for Voat. (3)
Anyways, it’s official, the upcoming version of Voat can be run on an entirely open source solution.
Unit Test Runs Using Various Configurations
Voat Core Port - Sql Server on Memory Cache
Voat Core Port - Sql Server on Redis Cache
Voat Core Port - PostgreSql on Memory Cache
Voat Core Port - PostgreSql on Redis Cache
The next step is to get Voat running a preview build so we can start having users test what works and what needs fixed. This should happen this week sometime. Please pay attention to v/voatdev for updates on this.
Finances
Revenue: 2017-05-22 – 2017-06-19
Store Revenue: $2,628.00 USD
Expenses: 5/1/2017 – 5/31/2017
Hosting: $7,005.23 USD
Monthly Misc: $200.00 USD
Yearly Misc: $105.00 USD
Please note that I did not scale down Voat’s hardware as I previously stated because at the time of that announcement reddit’s r/The_Donald was rumbling with discontentment and I couldn’t justify doing it during a potential growth opportunity (4). After this awkward advance and retreat, I still held off because Voat’s primary webserver CPU during peak times is maxed out.
While all my attention has been put into the .NET Core port, I will be spending this week figuring out where to cut costs in the short run.
Processor Shut Down (Why BitCoin Matters)
Voat’s primary credit card processor has decided, for reasons unknown, to discontinue their relationship with Voat. While they did claim that it was due to “risk”, I can only speculate as to the reasons. This means I will have to spend time looking for another processor which brings up all my memories of what PayPal did to Voat. On July 14th 2017 they will stop processing our store orders.
And thus, I am going to make a proclamation that each of you as Goats need to be educated on digital currency such as BitCoin. Decentralized currency such as BitCoin shifts the power structure from large conglomerates to you as an individual. It will increasingly become more and more important as our society moves to an entirely cashless model.
Bitcoin and related technologies provide a financial freedom that we should all embrace and exercise as much as Freedom of Speech.
All merchandising is put back on hold until we regroup from this setback.
Footnotes
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I will get on a regular schedule after this month by posting a GOAT statement on the 1st (or closest business day after) starting next month. First GOAT Statement if you missed it.
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This means all the unit tests are passing which is a close indicator that the majority of the code is correctly running and reliable. There are still functional issues and bugs, mostly with the UI, that need to be tested and fixed.
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Thank you everyone for the well-wishing on this day. I posted a comment about this earlier here: https://voat.co/v/OneTruePutt/1943481/9567603
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I want to apologize for asking you Goats to be nice to the new kids. While I don’t agree with scaring the hell out of new people to Voat, I also see why it’s important to not compromise on the values we hold. So, for those that I upset, I do apologize.
Canary
https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806
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Grifter42 ago
Don't forget the debacle with chat.
Him shutting down chat achieved absolutely nothing. The day it was brought back, SoapDoxBanHammer was right back on it, spamming it.
Really, my main problem with Spez Jr. is that he won't deal with SDBH, or Hecho. Whenever I try to convince people from The_Donald to join Voat, they just repeat that tired old bit about Voat having child porn on it.
You know WHY it had it on the site?! BECAUSE OF FUCKING HECHO! And Putt did less than fucking nothing. He just twiddled his fucking thumbs, and continued being an absentee landlord.
I've stated my displeasure with your methods of communication, I.E, interjecting them into random threads and random users out of context, but atleast here, you're on topic.
The average Voater isn't going to agree with a statement that Putt should be raped and murdered.
@PuttitOut, why do you shelter a known pedophile?
I mean, yeah, fuck SaneGoat for spamming, but fuck you, for doing nothing about spamming from fake-sane/beatle.
Fuck you, Putt, for allowing Hecho to continue to exist on the site.
Just fuck you in general. IF the site was really in danger of shutting down, you shouldn't keep jerking yourself off and taking credit for the donations. It's the site's user base that bailed it out.
And yeah, yeah, You say you've got a job and have very little spare time. Somehow, I doubt that. PeaceSeeker seems pretty active, and I'm about 95% sure he's your alt.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i'm not sanegoatSiswear. i don't spam.
or are you "behavior policing" me by suggesting i must always be on topic.
also, yes
puttitout's fumbled chat, subverse request transfers (almost 4 months now), voat's finances, keeping their lies from being out in the open.
it's like if spez went full retard, and you get @puttitout.
p.s. i don't give a single nigger shit what you think about how i "communicate"
i'm bleeding ccp and will be censored soon, and it doesn't matter.
voat2 cometh soon. (non-profit uncensored community-run uncucked voat code)
Grifter42 ago
I'm saying that your message would be better received if you stayed on topic.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
i'll let you know when voat2 is up.
unless you want to jump in earlier.
@sound_of_silence disappeared last week. if you have seen them speak up.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
and if you're incapable of reading my "message", you have failed my own personal turing test.
i'm amazing you of all anons haven't figured that out by now.
stop. re-read the first sentence of this comment 5 times in reference to all i've done.
Grifter42 ago
I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying that when you act so goddamned smug, it turns off the normies of Voat who have no opinion one way or the other.
You're not reaching enough people, and you're just serving as a two-minutes hate figure. Your name has become a smear for anyone who questions Putt.
@Puttitout, the pedophile apologist, who won't do jack-shit about Hecho, even though he posted child porn. SoapDoxBanHammer uses your name to smear everyone who calls them out on their upvote manipulation, and you play into their hands.
Your actions have consequences that the rest of us have to deal with. I wish you'd try to be more coherent.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
your coherence argument is - in short - a misdirection.
the issue isn't me or what i've done.
it's about the criminal shill cabal and what the criminal shill cabal has done.
you are "behavior policing" as you have been on me for a while now.
luckilly i no longer voat, and am just back to kill off the rest of my ccp (allow the downvoat brigaders to have comments to downvoat)