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Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards (www.businessinsider.com)

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

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Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards::Reddit, which is still dealing with the fallout from its last controversial decision, said it plans to phase out coins and awards.

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[–] errer@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was such a nice way to monetize, just a teensy little icon on posts you could easily ignore. Tells you whatever replaces it is gonna be far less acceptable.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gonna be they're version of a blue check mark. Buy the widget and it stays at the top regardless of up votes or down votes.

[–] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

they'll make blue aliens more important and always float to the top like the blue check robot armies on twitter lmao