https://www.voat.co/v/announcements/30925
The following message still displays for new users when first accessing the site:
Users can earn a percentage of our ad-revenue share for the content they submit.
@PuttItOut
I'd like to talk about whether or not we're allowed to see who profits from spreading content on Voat, as per the message, as well as how much they make from doing so. After all, this is a largely community funded website, is it not?
Are we allowed to ask about this, or will someone that makes a post about this get brigaded so they won't talk about it? It looks like there's some users here who aren't fond of me asking these questions. Good thing this is a free speech platform, entirely devoid of stasi/masonic gang stalking to prevent dissent, right?
Also, for anyone that's not just here to shift my meaning or crack consensus, no, I'm not calling anybody a shill. I'm referring to the message one receives when they access Voat from a new device, when a user clears their cookies, or if someone accesses Voat from a new private window.
I tried to ask this question a few hours ago but the post got bombarded within ten minutes by people that stalk me on this site. I think the community deserves to have these questions addressed.
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[–] 17838795? 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I know you probably already looked into this since it is obvious but Crypto Currencies would be an ideal way to circumvent all the bank bullshit. The shit part would be your advertisers not paying you in crypto which will leave you with the unenviable task of going from Fiat to Crypto. Make no mistake, that is the worst part of the process. Alternatively make your advertisers pay you in crypto only and shrink the number of advertisers substantially. Also, you will then have the unenviable task of holding a very volatile currency which sucks ass.
There are "stablecoins" out there. These are things like TUSD (Trueusd) These coins are pegged to the dollar and claim to have verifiable dollar reserves to match the quantity of crypto out there. This is a very valuable idea because it lets you use 'dollars' as a crypto-currency. Anyone can transfer easily from one to the other with TUSD simply by making a deposit in their bank account, recieving their crypto and then paying YOU.