Read all about it at the above link. There’s way too much to process here. This is going to be wild.

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    Am I the only one that used Reddit till just recently and has no idea what coins or awards are, or what purpose they served?

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      No you’re not. I mean, I know these things existed, but I had never made any effort to use them or even find out how they worked.

      It’s a lot like Duolingo I think. The core functionality of the product is there and is good, but they insist on shoving coins and gems and new avatars down your throat. I don’t care! I just want to study a language or discuss a topic. Good lord.

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      I used reddit for almost 9 years and aside from reddit gold, I had no idea what the modern awards did / can’t even see them on my (now depreciated) app.

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        It puts a small icon next to your name on your awarded post/comment.

        That’s all.

        Third-party apps were forbidden from accessing the feature, as it was exclusive to their inner GraphQL API.

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          Before they killed r/pan, awards above the lowest level used to extend a streamer’s time. They also give a period of Reddit Premium (i.e. ad-free, plus a few free coins to give awards yourself) - I’ve got about another year of that still from a few surprisingly successful streams I did.

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        when upvote, karma go up, when downvote karma go down, stupid system, downvotes are meant to represent disagreement, not always as something negative

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          Down votes are for off topic discussion not disagreement. They’re specifically meant to not be used for disagreement.

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          Ok but… Who cares? I’m not a youtuber trying to get upvotes and subscriptions for an algorithm so I can get more ad revenue, why would I care about my karma score?

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            Many subreddits require up to 100 karma to post in them, so your first few weeks using Reddit would be a grind for karma until you reach a comfortable threshold.

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            Because homo sapiens like amassing trinkets for trade with other tribe (with extra steps)