The website has been knocking it out of the park for popular decisions lately /s
We all know this is happening with Reddit gold, however I thought it would be relevant to point out that there has been fallout amongst Reddit Premium subscribers.
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Edited a word
what I take from this, though, is that even with the anger against Reddit, there’s no talk of leaving in the comments on that post!
you hate the site and all of their changes so much and it’s only been getting worse… why do you stay? even the content is already worse, and even worse on the subs that have the new Reddit tipping system… why stay?
#reddit #lemmy #fediverse #kbin
I haven’t heard about this tipping system. ELI5?
https://www.reddit.com/community-points/
Edit: holy fuck no one told me it was a blockchain cryptoshit??? That’s even funnier 💀
This will end well…
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What they’re really looking for are a bunch of whales to drive engagement.
Call me a cynic but I suspect the biggest ‘contributor’ to r/product will end up being product’s marketing department account, likewise with r/country and party-political apparatchiks. The move is elegant in a way: Reddit Inc can ruin true democratic operation of subs by turning subscribers into shareholders (which wards off repeats of mod activism) and simultaneously provide further cover to astroturfers (lots of points = Time and Effort™ = good faith actor).
Oh, absolutely this is the case. Reddit could even run bot accounts to gain a lion’s share of points for any particular sub they want to control, thereby stifling any sort of protest or activism authorized by sub vote.