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Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards (www.businessinsider.com)
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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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[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they're changing how awards work. A portion of the award price will go to the awardee.

It's going to be a very cheap way for them to pay freelance writers / creators.

In other words, imagine something like TiqTock with lower quality content.

[–] moosh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, interesting. I never really got into the TikTok so don’t really have a reference point.