Now that I have your attention, I have a confession to make: I lied.
Well sort of… because Voat 2.0 doesn’t exist yet, but it will in the future, and this thread is the first in a series of Quarterly Reviews we will be doing to get your feedback on what we need, what we need to improve, and the direction we need to move as a company and as a community.
I can finally announce that Voat’s features (software-wise) are now in the ballpark of a semi-functional platform. I’m not saying Voat is perfect, nor am I saying the features are mature, rather I am saying that we are nearing "acceptable" as a basic functioning platform.
But a basic functioning platform was never our end goal, it was just the first milestone we needed to hit. Now that we are approaching this milestone we need to lay out our future direction.
Voat doesn’t want to be a “clone” any longer. We want to stand up and proclaim our uniqueness. We want to put our differences on display and stake our future on them. Voat can’t survive without redefining ourselves, without evolving into something bigger, something better, something unique and new.
This is the post where we get to dream big, have no boundaries, no constraints, and live in w
Hypothetical
You have an army of programmers, mountains of cash to burn, and you are the only board member: What does Voat 2.0 look like?
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Silverlining ago
@Vindicator Are you the Swede or Finn who invented voat in the first place before Peter Thiel made you an offer? Are we plugged straight into Palantir? @1727282 @Atko
Vindicator ago
Nope. Was just a user like you until asked to mod based on my comments. Didn't know Voat existed until r/pizzagate was killed off. Wasn't even a big Redditor until the Podesta emails. Do have a journalism degree and worked as a newspaper reporter for a couple of years before flipping them the bird in disgust. Quite a long time ago. :)
However, I'm flattered someone would think me an alt for PuttitOut or Atko. Never would have predicted such a thing in a million years.
Silverlining ago
Sorry, but I thought I was on the voat front page. They look identical until I looked at the address lines.
I see you have replicated it in v/pizzagate. I'm surprised you weren't modded off to whatever!
When I get a comment reply, I cannot see what the reply is to - which of my comments - without going to the thread [at the top of the individual comment reply] and then hunting through the thread.
If there was a direct link to the comment in the thread, that would be helpful for me.
Similarly with pm I get a reply and often I have no idea what it is a reply to. Days can go between call and response!
Vindicator ago
Look for the "parent" button/link right under the comment. On mobile, you might have to "view desktop site" in your browser settings pulldown. That works for people who reply to a comment you've made.
Comments that people make on a submission you have made don't show up with a "parent" or "view in context" option in your Submission Reply list. However, you can click the user's name, find their comment in THEIR comments list, and click "parent" or "view in context" there. It takes a few clicks, but it gets you there. I just discovered this work-around today. :)
Silverlining ago
I feel like I've just conquered Everest! But what I would like is to be taken to the reply IN THE THREAD so I can scroll up and down to see the context. @Atko