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Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards(www.businessinsider.com)

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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.

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HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml
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People who think they’re replacing it with crypto place your bets here!

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99nights@lemmy.world
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Honestly I can’t wait for the downfall of reddit. They seem to be constantly pushing away and annoying their users.

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mand0rk@unilem.org
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Keep it up Reddit! Push more people away! Lemmy devs watching all the Reddit refugees (I’m one): o.O

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Bucky@lemmy.world
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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.

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HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml
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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.

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FearTheCron@lemmy.world
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I liked the idea more than advertising to be honest. But it felt weird voluntarily giving them money while they were using ads too. Ever since I cancelled my last cable tv in the mid 2000s I refuse to pay for anything with ads.

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DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de
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Even if it’s not a source of revenue, why would they get rid of it?

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Orionza@lemmy.zip
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For me, I don’t much care. I stopped visiting Reddit when my app was shut down. I find my information and make my contributions elsewhere now.

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LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee
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I did the same. I used Boost (which is working on a Lemmy app currently) and it somehow lasted 7 days longer, but as soon as it stopped working I deleted reddit.

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