Archived Should Voat approach Victoria (former Reddit AMA admin) about working for Voat? (ideasforvoat)
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Archived Should Voat approach Victoria (former Reddit AMA admin) about working for Voat? (ideasforvoat)
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[–] shaunol 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Why? If she wants to be involved in the community that's cool but I would hate to see Voat be molded and groomed to be a reddit clone.
[–] 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.