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Reddit’s blockchain-based “Community Points” rewards crash after sunsetting (arstechnica.com)
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Reddit’s blockchain-based “Community Points” rewards crash after sunsetting::Tokens based on subreddit reputation saw dips over 85% after the announcement.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...or at least so addicted they'll spend themselves into trouble

[–] deweydecibel 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even then, they're not likely spending as much as the rich fuckers. No matter how addicted you are, there's only so much you could spend before you're just out of money.

There's streamers to consider nowadays, too. Many live service competitive mobile games have streamers that get fed money from advertisers to fund their in-game purchases.