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
the new Reddit tipping system
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 💀
Put anything to a vote
Run weighted polls to make big decisions in your community, like getting input on rules changes or deciding how to distribute Points.Unlike regular polls, these polls give a larger voice to people who have contributed more to the community. The more Community Points someone has earned, the more weight their vote carries.
This will end well…
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What they’re really looking for are a bunch of whales to drive engagement.
Ironically you’d need something like a cryptocurrency if you wanted to implement something like that for the Fediverse.
Yeah it’s been enabled on the crypto reddits for a while… as a result the subs overwhelmingly changed to “vaguely interesting and/or attention-grabbing but ultimately useless with a race to see who’s first” posts, signal-to-noise ratio got way worse.
Wow, Reddit is not joking around when it comes speedrunning enshittification. I think it’s going to be very tough for other platforms to match these moves.
It’s the equivalent of a crack dealer at this point.
At first they got people hooked with cheap drugs that worked and got you an easy high.
But now you need more and the dealer knows you’re desperate … so they increase the price, give you a cheaper product and string you along because they know no matter what they do, you’ll keep coming back for more.
They’ll start whoring you around and selling your body like trash and you won’t like it but if it means getting your next fix, you’ll do anything.
My subscription was going to renew on July 3rd, but I let it expire. That seems like a wiser decision every day.
Just out of curiosity, what is it that you were subscribing for? I used r*ddit for 13 years and never saw the need to pay for premium or gold or whatever. What features did it offer?
Glad I left when the protest started.