Voat needs an Angel or will be forced to shut down

I remember when it was first launched and I was surprised to see C# on their Github. They could probably save cost today by running in .NET Core docker containers, and there is an official SQL Server docker container for Linux, but yes I agree, putting the original implementation on an MS platform was probably not the best idea.

On your second point, yes Voat is a cesspool of hate. It's like a more organized 4chan .. or like 4chan and Reddit had a kid that had its brains beat out by Digg 4.0.

I still like to go through it because I think there is value listening to those opinions and trying to understand where these people are coming from. I also stopped using Reddit have the warrant canary removal and after the commenting editing craziness.

Also reading all the threads about saving Voat, it's interesting how few technical people there are (devs, sysadmins, etc.) compared to Reddit. Most of the users commenting don't seem to understand tech stacks, development costs or how web applications are developed.