Firstly, they de-valued upvotes and the equality that every user’s opinion had before they were introduced.
And secondly, they were so abundant that they didn’t mean anything anyway.

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    1 year ago

    I think they would take on a new meaning if the money went to actually running the service and not to corporate profiteering though.
    Like if or not unless we go full wikipedia model, as these sites grow they’ll need some sort of income to pay the bills.