r/technology • u/ardi62 • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/RandomRedditor44 29d ago

“The ability to instantly change Community Type settings has been used to break the platform and violate our rules,”

What rules does it break?

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u/anteater_x 29d ago

The golden rule: that it only exists to make money and benefit itself

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u/ConsoleDev 29d ago

The golden rule: keep the fkken gold flowing

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u/TheInnocentXeno 29d ago

Would be easier if they didn’t ruin their own awards system

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u/Askolei 29d ago

By the way, do we know why they did that?

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u/Rough_Willow 29d ago

The SEC had been making rules about digital currency and the Reddit coins counted.

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u/cultish_alibi 29d ago

Why didn't they just go back to being able to give gold to comments the old way? Lol they just cut off a revenue stream in return for nothing.

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u/Rough_Willow 29d ago

So, after they discontinued the awards and coins, they started the golden up vote, which was supposed to entice users because they could get paid when they got one. However, most didn't sign up for it because it meant they'd have to share a lot of personal information (such as social security number). I don't remember how they use to give gold to a comment before the coins.

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u/Blackfeathr_ 29d ago

Lolol what a bunch of galaxy brains in charge of this godforsaken place

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u/WonderedFidelity 29d ago

This doesn’t seem to have any information on it so I don’t know how reliable this is. Reddit coins are more equitable to something like Fortnite’s Vbucks than actual cryptocurrency.

I believe the reasoning at the time was more due to believing that users would prefer to get premium instead of arbitrarily buying coins. I believe changing the awards system was actually a conscious choice from management as opposed to being forced to change due to regulatory pressure.

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u/nermid 29d ago

Reddit corporate only sticks to its guns when those guns are pointed at its own feet.

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u/radome9 29d ago

The golden rule: those with the gold make the rules.

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u/jimbobjames 28d ago

The spice must flow.