I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.

What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?

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    1 year ago

    I’d say yes. Lemmy isn’t just one community, it’s many different servers talking to one another. If one instance goes down, people can just go to another one.

    Voat died because the owner ran out of funds to keep the site up. Unlike Lemmy, he didn’t allow people to donate to help with the costs.