I always thought Throat was a good project because Voat has been unbearable for quite some time now. I stuck to a handful of subs that I modded and that was about it.
Honestly, I did not think anyone would want to use Throat. It started to take off a little bit when polsaker and pembo started working on shitposting.space, but seeing the site now with more than a page of new posts in the last 24 hours makes me think it could actually work out and we'll be able to have a place away from Voat that is active enough to use.
Phuk has been able to mostly keep my attention in my free time over the holidays. I had a few days where I didn't visit any other similar site, and it's only been growing since then.