I have mixed feelings on it. It's great that somehow Voat will continue to be out there. And seems they will hire Justin full time along with other staff. That's all great stuff.
What concerns me is it seems every time something gets bought, then it needs to generate a profit. Merch and all that is great, but we all know that with sites like voat, reddit or whatever, the "product" is the users.
In my opinion they would not knowingly or willingly just sell voat down the river, but I imagine things will change in the very near future after the honeymoon ends, when the bean counters see they are bleeding cash to server costs and staff with merch not covering it.
Glad set this up when he did. I wonder if only smaller sites like this can truly be free, born out of love with no real driving push for ROI or profit?
I have mixed feelings on it. It's great that somehow Voat will continue to be out there. And seems they will hire Justin full time along with other staff. That's all great stuff.
What concerns me is it seems every time something gets bought, then it needs to generate a profit. Merch and all that is great, but we all know that with sites like voat, reddit or whatever, the "product" is the users.
In my opinion they would not knowingly or willingly just sell voat down the river, but I imagine things will change in the very near future after the honeymoon ends, when the bean counters see they are bleeding cash to server costs and staff with merch not covering it.
Glad @PMYB2 set this up when he did. I wonder if only smaller sites like this can truly be free, born out of love with no real driving push for ROI or profit?
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