Tuple here, just checking the place out. I'm an oldish guy in IT. I write, a lot. Daily if I can help it (and aren't tormented by writer's block, which is more often than I'll admit).

I seek intelligent conversation, not that I am the most adept at identifying it. Perhaps I seek it to learn of its nature ;)

In any event, I go back a ways. Reddit, digg, slashdot, forget who before that though there's some IRC in the mix too (which I still occasion). I mostly read about technology, science, and when I can stomach it, politics. I do also keep an eye out for writing techniques and methods. I'm a bit of a lurker and do better in smaller communities which is what I really liked about reddit (with its subreddits) early on.

It may work out brilliantly to his benefit. If the majority of the migrating users are younger, they could form a pretty decent core group of users as they mature, particularly as much of what they are doing, dehumanizing though it may be, still requires a bit of creativity. A maturing and creative crowd could cause a lot of people to wake up one morning and find Voat.co with lots of amazing and original content.

Or it will go to hell. Who knows...