Now voat only allows you to browse the site if you log in

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[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (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.

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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 - 2 fun -  (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