• Freeman@lemmy.pub
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    1 year ago

    Gold was always dumb. Why spend money on upvotes.

    The fact that people actually ever bought it (and said thank you for it) was super weird to me.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Gold used to be a great way to support Reddit covering its server costs back when the admins were focused on sustainable operation rather than maximising profit

      • sugar_in_your_tea
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        1 year ago

        Yup, and you got some nifty features, like seeing which comments are new since the last time you visited.