Don't bother. Plenty of people have sent money and can't even get their fucking Donor badge. You'd be throwing your money into a hole and never seeing a return on investment. Atko is barely keeping this site alive, no need to reward his passive attitude with money.
I wasn't talking about the badge I was talking about things like fixing the pages upon pages of bugs or implementing or discussing any of the hundreds of suggestions for improvement or active moderation of spammers or better site infrastructure or really any kind of active role in the community beyond monthly traffic updates and financial statements about how we're almost broke but have no new plans for monetization.
As far as censorship goes - at first I thought I would censor things like racism. After a lot of consideration, this hit me - if racism is perfectly legal - why the hell should I be the one to censor it? I lost a dear friend because I refused to censor things on voat. As long as content is legal in Switzerland (which is where voat will be based if things work out the way I hope they do), we will not meddle. I am not going to play moral police just because someones feelings are hurt.
Holy shit, extremely well put. I love Atko. He has stood behind his words and I seriously respect that.
As far as censorship goes - at first I thought I would censor things like racism. After a lot of consideration, this hit me - if racism is perfectly legal - why the hell should I be the one to censor it? I lost a dear friend because I refused to censor things on voat. As long as content is legal in Switzerland (which is where voat will be based if things work out the way I hope they do), we will not meddle. I am not going to play moral police just because someones feelings are hurt.
I think pedophilia is disgusting, and I'm really glad that CP is removed from voat because it's illegal. I block all fantasy porn because I find it grotesque in concept. I don't agree with it, but if it isn't illegal, I don't see censorship as justified.
CujoQuarrel2 ago
What methods are they to send money to voat? I don't do PayPal since they screwed me over once. I don't understand (or trust) BitCoin.
Do you take stamps?
dabork ago
Don't bother. Plenty of people have sent money and can't even get their fucking Donor badge. You'd be throwing your money into a hole and never seeing a return on investment. Atko is barely keeping this site alive, no need to reward his passive attitude with money.
middle_path ago
The return on investment is Voat still being here, who gives a shit about an imaginary badge?
dabork ago
I wasn't talking about the badge I was talking about things like fixing the pages upon pages of bugs or implementing or discussing any of the hundreds of suggestions for improvement or active moderation of spammers or better site infrastructure or really any kind of active role in the community beyond monthly traffic updates and financial statements about how we're almost broke but have no new plans for monetization.
middle_path ago
We're still in Alpha. But I'm a minimalist and I live the site the way it is now. With more features comes more bugs.
the_magic_man ago
Sort of a horrible irony that a refugee created a website for people think refugees should be left to die
Sops ago
Well a large number of them are economic migrants not war refugees.
jobes ago
Holy shit, extremely well put. I love Atko. He has stood behind his words and I seriously respect that.
omegletrollz ago
Context?
AnarchoCapsLock ago
From a post here: https://archive.is/XQxEy
Stinkieroldgoat ago
@atko - take our fucking money already!
go1dfish ago
They had no problem taking my money, but looks like they haven't spent it yet.
Still no badge though :(
https://voat.co/v/go1dfish/comments/788423
Edit: looks like they might actually be spending it, coins have started moving out of the donation wallet: https://blockexplorer.com/address/1BFqer7P9qqqiirbC63KqxfuZYXxk6RrBZ
Slayfire122 ago
Same here. Still waiting on my badge.
smokratez ago
"I am going to allow pedos on my site because I worship satan." -Atko. "I also won't do anything about sexual harassment for the same reason." -Atko.
Womb_Raider ago
He removes/bans any and all illegal content - what do you want from him? The Thought Police or something?
smokratez ago
To ban people that want to fuck children.
Womb_Raider ago
I think pedophilia is disgusting, and I'm really glad that CP is removed from voat because it's illegal. I block all fantasy porn because I find it grotesque in concept. I don't agree with it, but if it isn't illegal, I don't see censorship as justified.
smokratez ago
Thank you.
thatcoolmartian ago
What does that have to do with anything.
Arotaes_Forgehammer ago
Based goat merchant
tanukihat ago
HIGH ENERGY