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I think they would be kicked off whatever fund raising platform they use pretty quickly.

At which point wouldn't they switch to BTC? Agree or disagree with who Voat is and what they say, but I can only assume at least one coin exchange would be willing to do business with them.

In the comments (which I don't recommend reading, they're full of extreme racism), an apparently regular user says they tried getting donations before but it's never enough to last more than a few months.

I agree, this doesn't make sense to me unless this person is not good at business. I mean, why not at least try to sell it to parler.

I don't think Parler would want it. Parler's a mix of traditional neoconservatism, and MAGA culture. That represents a sizeable portion of the US population.

Voat's content is by reputation alt-right, and bald-faced fascism. It's the fringe of the fringe, and the type of content that gets you cut out of payment networks.

You vastly overestimate the value of Voat and the zeal with which anyone wants to buy it.

Though, speaking of business sense, I don’t see why Parler would want Voat. They already have their own community. If they saw business value in a forum system, they would just build it.

And again we come to the conclusion of the only real use for cryptos- moving money when no one wants to touch you with a 10 foot pole otherwise.

But to the moon, right!

Anyone who backed them financially would be instantly blacklisted. They'd be better off asking to be sent cash via snail mail.

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