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

The question is not, "will this be another Reddit?" The question will be, "Will Voat understand the vast potential of working with and developing a talented and diverse community properly rather than looking to exploit them and treat them with the condescension of a gaggle of "Swimming With Sharks," type-A corporate assholes?" as Reddit's corporate admins and CEO have tried to do.

The Reddit owners are trying to cash in hard on the free labor and devotion of those dedicated to their passions and interested in sharing their info and expertise. Like Arianna Huffington, Reddit is looking to make money on the backs of unpaid effort.

Those who contributed freely, early-on to make Huffington Post a success didn't get a percentage of Arianna's payout when she sold it. Victoria's sh*tty treatment is just a clarion portent of how the management at Reddit fully intends to treat those whom they consider peons and unpaid labor; those who actually did the heavy lifting to make Reddit popular.

Reddit's management couldn't be more clueless. Or more callous.

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[–] jesusofnazers ago 

The only difference between reddit and voat, is that reddit had tons more content and a much larger user base which forces better content to the top for being better through votes while flushing out the garbage.

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[–] Dial_B_For_Butts ago 

I remember when people acted like reddit was a super-secret club. They didn't want people to mention reddit outside of reddit. They wanted their own codewords and shit. You had people doing the same, "I've been here longer than you" shit. It was all very dumb.

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[–] Atarian ago 

Yeah, and NOT ONE of you newfags can triforce.

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[–] bayesianqueer ago 

What he fails to get is that there is a substantive difference between early adopters (migrators in this case). You have to 1) be capable of finding the new thing, 2) prefer non-mass produced ideas/content, 3) be able to see the writing on the wall of the place you are leaving.

This is not to say that there are not early adopters/migrators who are a couple of french fries short of a happy meal. However the average early adopter/migrators is different than those who have stayed with reddit.

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[–] whiteguy88 ago 

The problem is not about smugness. The problem is getting an influx of people who are only concerned about getting offended and downvoating everything that might slightly hurt their feelings.

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[–] shmuklidooha ago 

I don't think I've ever seen people bash newcomers for this reason.

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

Anyone thinking that this place shouldn't become the replacement for Reddit simply hasn't understood that you can't have a place like 4chan without the spooky side.