"I think Voat got too hyped but I wouldn't say it's failed, I have had conversations on there with success"
... it's a failure. Maybe it blows up in the future... maybe.
Well voat was a specific website. The idea of link aggregators hasn't failed (considering we're using one), and sites like communities.win (now scored.co for some inexplicable reason) continue to be successful even with more successful sites like reddit
Me too. I've gotten paid anonymously via Monero for a small service. Worked really well.