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

  • ziggurism@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t Reddit gold start as just a user-run bot, that kept a tally of how many times it had been invoked for any particular recipient?

    And then Reddit forced the bot to retire so they could offer a paid version. And now they’re retiring their mandatory replacement. Good job Reddit.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
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      1 year ago

      Are people really upset about it? To me it was always pointless, and the few times I got gold and was allowed to peek into r/lounge it was just full of the most insufferable users (just people that thought they were special because they got gold).

      • toxic_cloud@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I think the point is more that it’s something people paid real money for just to have them rip it away with basically no notice and no replacement.