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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

They just got done complaining about third-party apps making money while they’re not. Now they want to pay people to post and interact? Smelling very desperate.

[–] tictac2 11 points 1 year ago

I had nearly 600k post karma on Reddit but I’m never going to post anything there again.

[–] FlyingSquid 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not trying to brag, just for the sake of this discussion, I had a shit ton of karma and I would get gold awards all the time. I guess Reddit is saving money by me refusing to go back there. That sort of puts me in a bind. Do I keep away from Reddit or do I help bleed them dry?

Just kidding, fuck Reddit. I am totally done with them.

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[–] zombie_kong 11 points 1 year ago

They’ve really fucked that place.

Such a shame.

Anyway…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A real move of desperation. Reminds of steemit, a crypto-based social network that never took off

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[–] Captain_Patchy 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What could possibly go wrong!?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Okay, hear me out. Someone make a gold-farming bot on reddit, and take that money and donate to some lemmy/kbin instance. I think we found a way to fund lemmy/kbin! Reddit will do it for us!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Forgetting everything that's happened so far, and taking that statement at face value... That is exactly how things should have always worked...

Make *****, get eXpOsUrE. How in the hell did the internet turn into we pay for access; we use it to socialize, share art, ideas, answers, make connections. And now they are not only making money selling our data, but we're expected to pay for their crap content they scraped from our own data?

[–] scarabic 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pffff.. with what money are they going to pay people?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

All that sweet, sweet API money that's gonna come rolling in any day now. Yep... annnny day now.

[–] notatoad 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

real money, or some crypto bullshit?

[–] 0Xero0 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] SinningStromgald 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just more confirmation that the decision to leave Reddit was the right and best one. Bots, AI and farms will be all that's left on Reddit if this goes through.

But I do wonder how a company that hasn't been profitable ever will be able to afford to pay these creators since any cut of ad revenue or award purchases just cuts into the already non-existent profits.

[–] ninekeysdown 8 points 1 year ago

I'm sure this has got to look great for an IPO...

[–] muertinez 8 points 1 year ago

yikess…the world aint ready for reddit influencers

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah no way this goes poorly…..

[–] ChunkMcHorkle 7 points 1 year ago

Oh look, another empty promise from Spez.

Reddit Cash will be the exact equivalent of the storied AT&T Visa Gift Card: always promised, forever dangled, and never actually seen. AT&T has been promising me gift cards since the 1990s, and I have yet to see even one.

TL;DR: Reddit Cash? Get it before you swallow.

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