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.

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.

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.

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.

Cromulent · 14 Jul 2023 at 19:38

dowie said:
A good example of this are the screenprints posted on Twitter from some true rating forum on there.

Quite attractive girls post their faces and users give them a rating... but if anyone dares give a rating that differs more than a fraction of a point from the supposedly "objective" opinion of the moderator they get a warning and then a ban.

Like literally hot girl posts a photo, someone rates her "7.5", a Mod comes in "ackchually, chin too pointy 6.8, first warning for overrating, see FAQ" etc.

It's absolutely insane like it literally defeats the purpose of having users give ratings... they might as well have the moderator give the ridiculously harsh attractiveness ratings for everyone.

That is the bad side of Reddit I admit. There is some really ****** stuff on it but also some really useful stuff. You just have to learn to filter out the bad.

Cromulent · 15 Jul 2023 at 17:05

Caracus2k said:
I see things that are far left as being far left.

Such as reddit moderation which is well known to be ridiculously partisan in one

Reddit moderation is done on a community basis (or subreddits). Are you saying that all subreddits on Reddit are moderated in a far-left manner? That seems a bit of a stretch. Sure, there certainly are some far-left subreddits but all of them? No, that is a massive generalisation.