I don’t understand why Reddit would do this, but this definitely feels like most users would appreciate it. I always hated awards and premium. Hiding awards was the best feature in Apollo.
Can someone explain why everyone is attacking Reddit for this awesome, user friendly decision?
Something will replace it, they’ve clearly said this. That along with rumors about directly rewarding users with cash for earning karma does not bode well for me.
Removing a system that some people used and reddit premium users paid for, while offering no solution for the people who (god knows why) have 15k coins saved that will literally disappear in two months, and having apparently no replacement in mind other than tipping people for “quality” posts? Screwing the users yet again to increase the number of people seeing ads?
Personally I think that this is just user friendly theater. Reddit shit the bed, and is now engaging in tactics to remove the turd. But the stain is still there, as is the need to make money. They’ll replace awards and coins with another revenue stream that I am 110% confident will not be user friendly, but instead a clever cash grab to tickle the testicles of their investors.
Reddit is dead, they’re just trying to make its corpse dance.
I don’t understand why Reddit would do this, but this definitely feels like most users would appreciate it. I always hated awards and premium. Hiding awards was the best feature in Apollo.
Can someone explain why everyone is attacking Reddit for this awesome, user friendly decision?
Something will replace it, they’ve clearly said this. That along with rumors about directly rewarding users with cash for earning karma does not bode well for me.
Removing a system that some people used and reddit premium users paid for, while offering no solution for the people who (god knows why) have 15k coins saved that will literally disappear in two months, and having apparently no replacement in mind other than tipping people for “quality” posts? Screwing the users yet again to increase the number of people seeing ads?
I would say suddenly removing a product that people paid for (like coins) is not very user friendly. Especially with only a 2 month notice.
This to me reads like a big fuck you to the people who were spending money.
That being said, had they gone for a longer timeline with warnings as they got close to the deadline, I think reception would have been better.
Personally I think that this is just user friendly theater. Reddit shit the bed, and is now engaging in tactics to remove the turd. But the stain is still there, as is the need to make money. They’ll replace awards and coins with another revenue stream that I am 110% confident will not be user friendly, but instead a clever cash grab to tickle the testicles of their investors.
Reddit is dead, they’re just trying to make its corpse dance.