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Reddit is getting rid of its Gold awards system (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo to c/technology

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Reddit is removing its current coins and awards system on September 12th. Users will no longer be able to buy awards like Reddit Gold to give to other users' posts. Reddit says the current awards system is too cluttered and confusing, so they plan to introduce a new simpler system in the coming months that will allow users to reward each other in a more meaningful way. Many users are unhappy about the removal of the awards system without a replacement ready. Some are also frustrated that Reddit is not providing compensation for the coins users have already purchased. While details of the new system are vague, it appears Reddit may allow users to cash out their gold and karma for real money.

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

First, many don’t appreciate the clutter from awards

Yeah, because the only award that ever mattered to most users was gold. They messed that up, and now they're going to mess up even more.

I used to buy gold sometimes, which was always a waste of money but I could at least justify the $3.99 for the meme or whatever when I really liked somebody's comment or post, but I never spent a single cent on awards after they implemented the extended rewards system. Those awards were always laughably bad. They even locked some for premium users only. Just absolute clowns running that place.

[–] Notnotmike 20 points 1 year ago

I think this is just so funny. They took what was simple, made it way too complex, and are now scrapping the whole concept which has been around for a decade because it's too cluttered because of the complexity they introduced

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav 7 points 1 year ago

Not that I really care, because I haven't returned since RIF shut down.

[–] Jimbob0i0 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Back when reddit premium was a thing I was quite happy to sub to that to pay towards costs, and make use of the benefits like X gold to give people per month and increased sub limits etc

Then they messed about with all that and I dropped my sub ...

And I haven't been back since the protests started so 🤷‍♀️

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav 1 points 1 year ago

I never paid every month, but I would definitely gild comments that I thought were good content (or sometimes just funny)

But same, once the extended awards system came into play, it was a huge turnoff

I totally understand why talklittle never incorporated it into RIF because it was so bad lol