Now voat only allows you to browse the site if you log in
submitted 4 years ago * by magnora7 from (self.MeanwhileOnVoat)
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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago* (3 children)
They're trying to hire someone to re-architect and scale the site...
entirely new infrastructure I'm not going anywhere but I need a team that can handle the tech side of Voat entirely
entirely new infrastructure
I'm not going anywhere but I need a team that can handle the tech side of Voat entirely
This does not bode well for their survival. At least some people are asking to make the code open source again.
https://voat.co/v/Voat/3361289
[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (2 children)
Interesting, thanks for the info. I just don't get WHY they keep doing all these software re-writes. I agree it doesn't bode well for the long-term survival of voat.
[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
I suspect that they've always been on the edge of being able to handle their traffic, and that they sloppily scaled out to get this far, and they know it. Like maybe they've never done a real rewrite. I'm not sure if they ever made the jump to linux for cheaper hosting either.
[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
Could very well be. I'm just surprised because it seemed pretty stable a month ago. And they re-wrote the whole site in .NET, so I'm surprised if their database doesn't use upgraded technology.
In a way I kind of hope they make it through, it'd be crazy if this ended up being the end of voat
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