This community is in urgent need of some positive PR outreach projects; to help shape the general public's perception of what OUR community stands for. I say this with urgency - as it may be a brief matter of time before a news organization makes a scathing "investigative journalism" news segment about how this community has subversus for petite porn, legal teens, girl with braces, and hates fat people.
<p>This site stands for far more than the edgy content it's becoming known for. The Co-founders are working diligently 24/7 to keep this site functioning; and they are doing an AMAZING job. So, I ask all my fellow Voat content creators/think tank, how can we activate the Voat Social Media Platform, and act individually as stewards to promote free speech in our online and offline communities?<p>Examples: Perhaps, we do a Free Speech Day similar to the other site's global meet up day? Let's get some prominent communications professors and activists for Free Speech to do AMA's on here. Who knows/has connections with their University's research professors? Would they be willing to discuss their findings in /v/science, /v/biology, v/futurology, v/programming, and etc... fields? Who knows the robotics team at their local university perhaps they would be willing to engage the community in /v/technology or do an AMA to push the discussions there to a whole new level? Let's work together and make this community unique, engaging, and trans-formative - in a more positive light.<p>Now go fap (now that you've been reminded about the petite/braces/legal stuff), then bash on the obese, and come back with your best suggestions.<p> Seriously, from a marketing/PR stand point what could shape the public's perception, and result in positive headlines.
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[–] TheKillerRabbit 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
By being an amazing site full of great content and friendly commenters. Actions are better than words.
[–] 1336610? 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I agree. Reddit reached the point where media would report on Reddit's conversations when they were particularly well informed, and/or Reddit was included in other aggregators. While I really like VOAT, when it comes to the quality of say the Science section in Reddit vs Voat, Reddit has the volunteer manpower to make it have much more content. I think we need to focus on content first, because if we attract media attention, they come here and see it as barren compared to Reddit, that may be their lead story about it.
[–] djjin14568 [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Both of your comments are well said. You could almost steal TheKillerRabbit's comment as a slogan: "Voat: A site full of great content, and friendly commenters."