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Is it time to grow?

posted by Christheguy on AskPhuks

Should we start spreading the word in order to grow this website? I really want a replacement for Reddit, and my boyfriend has found a replacement in Voat for quite a while now.

I have voiced my concerns with that choice for quite a while. He says he's just there because of their freedom of speech, but when I told him about Phuks he said he didn't really like how little content there was. I know it seems selfish of me by saying that I want the site to succeed to get my boyfriend to come over to this side, but I really do want the site to succeed for everyone else to!

I really want to help out in any way to get this site to take off. Is there a place to brainstorm ideas on how to spread the word?

Disclaimer: I have been drinking tonight.

Should we start spreading the word in order to grow this website? I really want a replacement for Reddit, and my boyfriend has found a replacement in Voat for quite a while now. I have voiced my concerns with that choice for quite a while. He says he's just there because of their freedom of speech, but when I told him about Phuks he said he didn't really like how little content there was. I know it seems selfish of me by saying that I want the site to succeed to get my boyfriend to come over to this side, but I really do want the site to succeed for everyone else to! I really want to help out in any way to get this site to take off. Is there a place to brainstorm ideas on how to spread the word? Disclaimer: I have been drinking tonight.

10 comments

[–] Skyrock 6 points (+6|-0)

There's also the current hoster's restrictive TOS. The first Sanegoat that comes here would either try to dump a lot of hatespeech here, then report it to pull our hosting, or cry to the heavens when the admins remove it to save our hosting.

Before moving to a different hoster, Phuks would be much too vulnerable to such tactics.

[–] smallpond 1 points (+1|-0)

Whether you're using an enlightened host or not, maybe that type of risk is the same? Regardless of whether hatespeech is in your TOS, you could randomly annoy a vindictive individual and suffer nagging, malicious spamming or website attacks.

I'm not sure what technically qualifies as hatespeech - but practically I suspect people can express almost any opinion without crossing those lines? I think the restrictive TOS does keep voat at arms length, and that could be a good thing.

Of course I'm personally quite interested in how strongly people feel about free speech as an ideal, but that should become clearer in time if the site survives.