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[–] myrrlyn 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I'd say reduced functionality, but it's still in ALPHA and is being written ground-up by a tiny team.

I'd say no people, but, it's young and did any of us not show up by being siphoned from reddit?

I think the fact that it feels like a hastily-reskinned reddit is both the best and worst thing about it. It's familiar to all of us, but also it doesn't really have an obvious killer feature to make it seem like more than a reddit-clone with lax administration. I think if it could do its own image hosting, instead of having us rely on an imgur-clone as well, that could do it.

Also every time I upload and save a stylesheet, I get thrown back to the front page of the subverse, and the settings page doesn't show the stylesheet. COME ON

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[–] roboticon ago 

I think the fact that it feels like a hastily-reskinned reddit is both the best and worst thing about it. It's familiar to all of us, but also it doesn't really have an obvious killer feature to make it seem like more than a reddit-clone with lax administration. I think if it could do its own image hosting, instead of having us rely on an imgur-clone as well, that could do it.

Actually, it's been built from the ground up. The Reddit CSS skin is the only thing that was cloned from Reddit.

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[–] myrrlyn 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah I know, it's even in my favorite language. I tried to use subjective language on reddit-copy-ness, "feels like a hastily-reskinned reddit" and "seem like more than a reddit-clone", to convey that. I highly doubt the average user or journalist will look at the source code running the place, see that it's completely new, and go "ah this is entirely separate from any other site"; rather, they'll compare it's appearance and usage to other places and come up with "oh, it's pretty much exactly like reddit". It's got the same tree structure of comments, link/text submission process, vote controls, community organization (v-name instead of r-name, but otherwise a subverse is exactly a subreddit), etc.

I'm not saying this is a bad thing; I always liked reddit's interface structure and find voat a marked improvement on it. But without something obvious to differentiate it from reddit, what's to make people new to both go here, and not there?

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[–] snakepaws 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I dislike that the huge influx of people coming from Reddit (and I'm one of them) are too busy talking about how much they hate Reddit to really add to new and interesting conversation. That said, things should get a bit of a boost, considering the Voat userbase pretty much doubled overnight, as soon as all this "Reddit refugee" stuff blows over.

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[–] BoiseNTheHood 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

That the comments automatically sort by top instead of new and it has to be manually toggled every single time.

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[–] I_do_things 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

It's not actually different from reddit. It's the same website with different people but a slightly different polish.

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[–] OREOSpeedwagon ago 

That's what I was going to mention as well. It's not original at all. It's the same idea, only with a few interesting tweaks. Kudos on the tweaks, but they've basically said they've started a new car company by cloning an existing car and changing the hubcaps.

:-/

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[–] I_do_things ago 

Yep. I intend to stick around. Even if I find the alternative I'm looking for. I wanna see where voat Is headed

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[–] myrrlyn 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

In fairness, that's kind of what most car companies are...

Also, see their about page for a usage of that exact metaphor:)

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[–] snakepaws 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Well, it's pretty polished for being in alpha testing. I know they didn't intend for this site to gain so much popularity, quite literally, overnight. It feels like Bender created his own Reddit - with RES features by default and a sweet dark theme.

That being said, I have no doubt the people behind the site have big plans. I'm sure they started with Reddit as a template, implemented a few things they thought were lacking, and are moving forward from there. I think the future of the site, assuming it sticks around, will slowly start to evolve into something more than just a clone.

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[–] Supreme_Authority 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Lack of users. Also, " You are doing that too fast. Please wait 30 seconds before trying again."

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[–] shanahanjrs 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

Load times.

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[–] Megaptera 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Voat is really giving us a little lesson in patients. Load times will become quicker and content will become greater, just give em some time.

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[–] MungCunt 2 points -2 points (+0|-2) ago 

People won't stop talking about how people won't stop talking about reddit.

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[–] Nothanksplease 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This. Every other post is about how it's either too similar or not similar enough to reddit. That It should be exactly the same or radically different for the sake of being different. I feel like reddit is obviously a successful platform so there's thing wrong with copying it with a few tweaks.

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[–] vjack 0 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago 

Most of the subverses I've subscribed to seem to be dead or nearly dead. Very little activity in comparison to what I was used to at the other place. If it catches on, that will change.

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[–] Caboose_Calloway ago 

I've created /v/machines and try to post something interesting every day. I do not want that sub to consist of my posts only so I try to hold back a little. So far I have only one submission which is not mine :(

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[–] fuckyeahgoats 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm on the same voat as you. I think it's important to find a way to promote those subverses, because they seem forgotten. Someone posted on /v/newsubverses about this topic. Here's the thread.

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[–] pyroshark29 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think it will change. The newcomers, myself included are going to have bring them back from the dead if we want thriving subverses to enjoy.

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[–] redflag415 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

You're the one that can change this. Go post something!

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[–] vjack ago 

I knew someone was going to say that! You are right, of course. I've been trying to do that in some subverses, but I am a bit worried that I'll end up pissing off the mods if I'm not careful. I suppose I have to count on them telling me to knock it off it I post too much.

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