many have also had these projects fall apart or rot away. (Remember Voat?)
Yes, why is that.
Oh, right, it's because they refuse to address monetization from the get go.
Whereas 4chan has outlived all of them despite being the Mos Eisley of the internet... because they sell ads.
You can build a successor, and you can keep it running if you build an audience and build a pool of advertisers who don't give a damn about the SJWs. But too many people starting up new alternative sites try to start from a principled position against advertising.
But too many people starting up new alternative sites try to start from a principled position against advertising.
If that's the case you can run your own instance of something with advertising added to it. Even if someone doesn't like it they can still see the same posts and follow the same users from a different instance.
you can run your own instance of something with advertising added to it
"I" don't care very much about winning this culture war, and have spent enough time of my life writing code for money that it ceased to be fun years ago.
I'm only a couple years from executing on my prepper ranch plan.
Yes, why is that.
Oh, right, it's because they refuse to address monetization from the get go.
Whereas 4chan has outlived all of them despite being the Mos Eisley of the internet... because they sell ads.
You can build a successor, and you can keep it running if you build an audience and build a pool of advertisers who don't give a damn about the SJWs. But too many people starting up new alternative sites try to start from a principled position against advertising.
If that's the case you can run your own instance of something with advertising added to it. Even if someone doesn't like it they can still see the same posts and follow the same users from a different instance.
"I" don't care very much about winning this culture war, and have spent enough time of my life writing code for money that it ceased to be fun years ago.
I'm only a couple years from executing on my prepper ranch plan.