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Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious (mashable.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious::undefined

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Just looked and I have 1100 coins. Not sure what from, I've never bought any. Any suggestions for them?

Never mind, I decided I only go to Reddit now for one small, private sub, so I went there and gave awards to posts I thought were good.

[–] Skullz77@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Gild pro-Lemmy posts / tutorials

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not sure what from

When other people give big awards to your posts/comments, you actually get some coins as well.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Huh, interesting. There were a few times it said I was gifted premium, but I never did anything with it. Well, doesn't matter now, I guess.

You know, the thing that strikes me as particularly odd is that apparently they're going to retroactively delete the existing awards. I'd imagine there are some people who feel tied to their Reddit accounts because the awards and karma were important to them, so stripping anything like that away seems like it would make those people feel less attached to Reddit and more likely to move on. They really seem to be scuttling the site.

[–] shashi154263@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'd imagine there are some people who feel tied to their Reddit accounts because the awards and karma were important to them, so stripping anything like that away seems like it would make those people feel less attached to Reddit and more likely to move on.

Not only that, but they'll probably be angry on reddit as well.

[–] CannaVet@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's literally just doing whatever Musk tells him to. Get rid of all the people who cared about the site, then you can advertise your site as a walled garden for bigots and terrorists

[–] Thurkeau@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait. Does Elon own Reddit as well as Twitter?

[–] shashi154263@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Nah, spez is just a fanboy of Musk.

[–] TrainsAreCool@lemmy.one 18 points 1 year ago

Gild all the 'fuck /u/spez' comments while you still can.

[–] Kaiyoto@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Gild the announcement announcing the end of reddit gold.

[–] Ranessin@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

I have apparently 200 I never knew about.