Reddit is dying

Cromulent · 14 Jul 2023 at 16:43

First, they started charging for API access, so third-party apps died, and now they are cancelling all Reddit coins with no refund and no information on what (if anything) will replace them. That means that Reddit Premium will no longer give you 700 coins monthly.

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

So those 20k+ coins I have are now utterly useless after the 12th of September.

arknor · 14 Jul 2023 at 16:46

Reddits a cesspit filled with mods on a power trip

The blackout seemed to make most the subs that participated a lot less active...
people probably realised the subs not ran for them but for a few peoples EGO trips.

Raymond Lin · 14 Jul 2023 at 16:46

What on earth are Reddit coins?

Cromulent · 14 Jul 2023 at 16:49

Raymond Lin said:
What on earth are Reddit coins?

You buy them and then award them to people for good content.

Many people will say it is a massive waste of money, but I enjoy it, so I don't see it being much different from paying for other "useless" things like beer.

Hades · 14 Jul 2023 at 16:53

Cromulent said:
You buy them and then award them to people for good content.

Many people will say it is a massive waste of money, but I enjoy it, so I don't see it being much different from paying for other "useless" things like beer.

Hang on... so you give money to the owners of Reddit if someone who uses Reddit writes something you find interesting?

A fool and their money...

Lightnix · 14 Jul 2023 at 16:55

One commenter mentions the potential replacement: "It already broke in the APK notes. They're adding tipping for US redditors."

I knew Reddit was full of shills, now they're just formalising it.

MikeTheNative · 14 Jul 2023 at 16:56

Could argue reddit coins were worthless before.

Cromulent · 14 Jul 2023 at 16:57

Hades said:
Hang on... so you give money to the owners of Reddit if someone who uses Reddit writes something you find interesting?

A fool and their money...

I primarily pay for Premium because it has useful features, like highlighting new comments since you last viewed a thread. The 700 coins a month that it comes with are a bonus.

Thekwango · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:15

I thought Reddit was just for watching vids of folk getting mangled or otherwise screwed up!

arknor · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:17

MikeTheNative said:
Could argue reddit coins were worthless before.

I would award a "laughing emoji" to your post but I don't have any OCUK Stalker coins left.
Maybe next pay day.

Gray2233 · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:18

It couldn't have happened to a more appealing platform.

Cromulent · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:20

Gray2233 said:
It couldn't have happened to a more appealing platform.

Reddit is amazing for tech stuff though. You can skip all the anime stuff if that isn't your thing. It is a single website that has sections on just about everything.

Nitefly · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:23

Reddit discussions are dominated by the narrative set by a few ‘high scoring’ posts. Conversations can’t easily evolve behind that and good posts just disappear into nowhere.

For the record, I have saved the world on Reddit numerous times and never got any likes, so I’m duly mad.

Roar87 · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:25

I think Reddit and a lot of companies are going to find that if they want to make money from their userbase they'll need to do what other platforms do and split the revenue rather than taking money from advertisers as well as the user base. Reddit is fine for now but a competitor will come long eventually.

C Kent · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:25

Shame

Freddie1980 · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:25

Cromulent said:
First, they started charging for API access, so third-party apps died, and now they are cancelling all Reddit coins with no refund and no information on what (if anything) will replace them. That means that Reddit Premium will no longer give you 700 coins monthly.

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

So those 20k+ coins I have are now utterly useless after the 12th of September.

I'll be honest here, I don't understand anything you wrote. API access, 3rd party apps, Reddit coins...........

Hades · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:27

Nitefly said:
For the record, I have saved the world on Reddit numerous times and never got any likes, so I’m duly mad.

Calling @Cromulent, coins needed here!

Efour · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:28

Reddit is like Bitcoin. Something i should absolutely be interested in and have knowledge on but makes me cringe and hate its very existence.
highly illogical

Blackjack Davy · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:31

I have a bunch of reddit coins I've got zero idea what to do with them pretty sure there isn't anything I want from them

VincentHanna · 14 Jul 2023 at 17:32

Raymond Lin said:
What on earth are Reddit coins?

That was my first thought.

I don't really use Reddit other than from Google searches.