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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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[–] • 3 pts

I used to not give a shit about them, but considering the way they've acted since Poal started, I'm more and more convinced that they're paid. Nobody gets that butthurt over a fork for nothing.

[–] • 3 pts

You know I didn't either. I saw them on Voat a lot, but just didn't care. Wasn't until they came here and started fucking with us that I started looking into them more. You think they're paid ha? I was always thinking more like Joker level just wanting to watch the world burn - on their terms.

Makes me sad I think? When I see people on Voat "Hey, what's with all the /v/aww stuff on the front page?". Like seriously? You guys are that blind? You did not see several prominent sbbh guys flooding the front page with aww and random number shit? Then they step it up a notch and you are baffled? Like, sofa king we todd it.

[–] • 2 pts

Maybe I'm just severely underestimating autism or something, but I don't think anyone would put in the kind of effort they're putting in without being paid. Constantly attacking, and pushing the boundaries, all in the name of free speech. I wouldn't be worried about it, if it hasn't happened before, with the left pushing for more and more tolerance, then suddenly weaponizing it to push degeneracy. How long until they've normalized cheese pizza, all in the name of free speech, and if you don't like it, you're anti free speech, and therefore a horrible evil Nazi?

[–] • 2 pts

Yeah you make good points. I don't know why I always assumed basement dwellers with no real life stuff going on getting lulz by messing with people online. Paid to forum slide / push narratives / enforce "their" version of free speech makes more sense and seems more probable.

Appreciate your comments. Make me think and reconsider.