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Reddit trying to flex (i.imgur.com)
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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 87 points 1 year ago

I'm not on Reddit anymore, what is this "contributor program"?

[-] Jamie@jamie.moe 123 points 1 year ago

Looked it up, apparently someone datamined something out of the app that said you could earn money for getting karma/gold on posts.

Fake internet points are finally worth something!
Now redditors can earn real money for their contributions to the Reddit community, based on the karma and gold they've been given.
How it works:
* Redditors give gold to posts, comments, or other contributions they think are really worth something.
* Eligible contributors that earn enough karma and gold can cash out their earnings for real money.
* Contributors apply to the program to see if they're eligible.
* Top contributors make top dollar. The more karma and gold contributors earn, the more money they can receive.

This is absolutely going to get gamed to hell if it really happens. It also reeks of desperation.

[-] Radio_717@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

If they aren’t going to pay mods who are they planning to pay to make sure bots aren’t gaming the system? This is going to fail hard and we’ll see another influx of disgruntled migrants when they take it away.

[-] Jamie@jamie.moe 19 points 1 year ago

This is Reddit we're talking about here. You pretty much get three outcomes:

  1. People want the feature

  2. The feature happens at all

  3. It's given the proper amount of thought and oversight

Pick 1

[-] Dalimey@ttrpg.network 10 points 1 year ago

It's also guaranteed to be subject to mod corruption. You think a mod won't remove posts so their's or an alt/friend hits top page more frequently? Not that I think most mods and users are that kind of person, but capitalism corrupts, and a lack of profit motive was a huge thing that kept most communities together and friendly, because karma was basically just monopoly money.

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