Archived Letter to editor NYT "Why We Shut Down Reddits Ask Me Anything Forum" (nytimes.com)
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Archived Letter to editor NYT "Why We Shut Down Reddits Ask Me Anything Forum" (nytimes.com)
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[–] Shadowolf_ ago
Because at this point there a power block. They still have cards to play in this game going forward. There also the core issue that Voat really can't handle reddit traffic load from a hardware perspective and likely at a software engineering perspective (really unsure if they ever can with the current backend framework being .NET asp and sql 2 there sort of reliant on licensed Microsoft products which increase the cost significantly. and the tools are more aimed at the medium to large business.. not reddit level traffic)