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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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[–] • 10 pts

I read the post, and the first thing I thought was "Everyone is going to be very happy Poal exists soon".

If it works out for them, great, but I have a feeling this is the beginning of the end of Voat.

[–] • 4 pts

I've been thinking on your comment. I wonder if, since most voaters seem to be reddit refugees of one sort or another, will they just stick it out until it gets intolerable vs. bolting at the first signs of free speech limitation? I am leaning towards the former.

[–] • 4 pts (edited )

I doubt any of the Qoomers will ever realize if it starts going south. They'll probably ride the horse to the grave, and they'll be the only ones keeping the site alive after a while. They're probably the only reason for the angel in the first place.

Edit: Spelling mistake

[–] • 4 pts

Also for keeping the site alive, I don't see the /v/aww sliders (sbbh/sdbh sub group) leaving anytime soon (you know poalsucks / ethuggin etc). They have too much fun fucking with people and manipulating things. It still gets me, that anyone with enough time to just fuck with an internet site for lulz, is just beyond wasting their life. It's not like hacking where are you learning hardcore shit as you try to find a vulnerability. It is posting hamster pics to get fake internet points and some sort of power or influence or "lookz whatz I dun" factor. Just about one of the most useless pursuits I could imagine.

[–] • 2 pts

Justin commented that it was a long time user or someone involved with the site who was the angel. The Q folks are pretty new, so doubt it's them. I see the Q folks mostly staying in their 3 subs and not really causing much trouble. So yeah, I think if those subverses are left alone they would stay, but Q themselves would know if / when Voat is comped and push another migration.

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