"I Can't Keep It Up" | Last free speech site going down Christmas day

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[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Odd that they won't take donations. The answer seems to be "they blacklisted us from every payment option" but a lot of commenters pointed out that they could take BitCoin — maybe they can't pay in BC? There are a few conspiracy theories in the comments, but I won't entertain them right now.

Regardless, Saidit might get a lot of refugees after Voat goes dark, so we might have a bit of work on our hands. We should try to be hospitable, though, so they can speak freely; I'm sure a lot of them will respect the rules, even if some are trolls. Though it doesn't seem like we're on their radar quite yet.

I actually made a Voat account a few months back, but never used it.

[–]Intuit 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Saidit might get a lot of refugees after Voat goes dark

There are several boards being recommended. I haven't seen Saidit mentioned much.

[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've seen it mentioned a few times. People were applauding saidit's funding model in the voat thread's comments actually, because we actually keep costs low and are able to easily raise it all through donations every month.

[–]Intuit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good to hear. It's always sad when the technology side is neglected and its costs are tens or hundreds of times higher than necessary. The parable about the guy tapping the machine to fix it is apt.