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Voat used to have advertising in the side panel, but it was never very popular.
Here's a complete list of Voat's ads: https://voat.co/v/voatads
Voat had some money problems a few years ago and although many of us donated, one person donated a SHIT TON of cash which allowed Voat to get redeveloped to work on open source servers without suffering Microsoft or Oracle fees.
During this time, many of us spent months helping with the transition by testing the changes in the testing environment and reporting any bugs we found.
A lot of time and hard work was donated, but Voat now costs very little to keep running.
We don't know who made the donation, but it allowed Voat redevelopment to minimize ongoing costs.
Here's Putt's plea for help from mid 2017: Voat needs an Angel
Here's Putt responding to the donations that saved Voat: Voat Was Sent An Angel
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