[–] ChillyHellion [S] ago
I do think Voat needs to be its own thing, and I'm glad that most of its growth has been organic (though explosive at times). I don't think that's any reason not to take the good parts of Reddit and leave the bad. The subreddit system for example, which is mirrored in Voat's subverses, creates these little silos of content that people can pick and choose to subscribe to. That's a powerful community tool that keeps discussion topic-oriented and creates these little mini-communities of interests. Refusing to implement a good feature because it's on Reddit just seems foolish. I think there's a lot of value in getting users in touch with authors, actors, scientists, and public figures that interest them. If we pass up this opportunity, it would be because Voat is still too small, doesn't have a sustainable business model, or the users aren't interested. I don't think it should be written off just because Reddit did it.
[–] CathyTheGreatsHorse 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I don't understand why the big "managed" Reddit AMAs need to be brought here. I found two types of AMAs interesting, and neither of them required management.
The best were the AMAs by average humans who just had interesting jobs or something that made them unique. Such as the pizza delivery guy. He was an excellent story-teller and had spent a lot of time observing the human condition.
The others I liked where the celebrities who actually handled the AMA themselves or at least stayed in the fucking room while the answers were put together. Bear Grylls and Snoop Dog were outstanding.
But the ones where some jackass moderator "verified" that Morgan Freeman's actual secretary was going to do the AMA by having her send in a picture of him asleep (which set the tone for the entire affair), or invited Woody Harrelson to do an interview about his new movie without explaining what the letters AMA stand for, those are just asinine.
[–] ChillyHellion [S] ago
It sounds like that's a lot of what Victoria prevented from happening though. The Rampart AMA happened before her time and was the result of miscommunication of what an AMA is. Part of what Victoria did was make sure that AMAs were answered directly and not by agents on someone's behalf. There is coordination involved with getting a celebrity on an AMA, and many celebrities may not have even heard of Reddit before they are approached. Casual AMAs require a lot less overhead, but Voat would need to be much bigger and more mainstream than even Reddit is in order to attract public figures organically.
[–] CathyTheGreatsHorse 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Part of what Victoria did was make sure that AMAs were answered directly and not by agents on someone's behalf.
Well if she actually did all that, then she would be fantastic. Still, I think the only possible way to get a good AMA from Woody Harelson is if a pizza delivery guy impersonated him.
[–] GropeForLuna ago
To be honest, I really disliked AMA on Reddit. It was basically just a PR stunt for the majority of celebrities. They generally just answered the easy questions and ignored difficult ones. It wasn't AMA in the true sense at all.
The above is not intended to be disrespectful to Victoria or anything. From what I've heard she was a good Admin.
[–] Ex-AlodianKnight 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think the Voat Team should coordinate with her for some side projects to help make voat aware. Not to mention that despite the non-contract clause, she can work or do consultation work while the clause is in effect, once the term is complete like six months, she can get back to voat.
[–] goonie 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
i see your point, but no. why would we want a former Reddit admin here? isn't it because of reddit admins that we left in the first place? people apart from reddit will have no idea who she is and what she has done and i don't foresee her contributing as much as some people might think.
[–] ChillyHellion [S] ago
She seems to be well liked by the Reddit community (the users, not the company) and by all accounts I've seen is a hard worker and fair individual. I've got some ill will against Reddit the corporate entity and their CEO, but I think lumping everyone into the same category despite conflicting evidence is no way to judge someone's character.