Reddit, which is still dealing with the fallout from its last controversial decision, said it plans to phase out coins and awards.

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.

  • mand0rk@unilem.orgEnglish
    211·
    1 year ago

    Keep it up Reddit! Push more people away! Lemmy devs watching all the Reddit refugees (I’m one): o.O

    • Bucky@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      When the API changes were announced, for the first time I started thinking I should leave reddit. This coin thing was just kicking me while I was down. Ok, they want to get rid of awards for a new system. But you also want to remove them from past posts?? And you’re not going to convert coin balances into anything?

      Those are the things a company that has no regard for it’s users does.

      • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        They learned from the best: Google. The number of times Google had suddenly killed some YouTube feature that the community had collectively sunk millions of hours into is infuriating. Community-made subtitles are the most recent one.