Reddit revamps gold system with opportunities to earn real money for posts (mashable.com)
from ooli@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 20:51
https://lemmy.world/post/5726218

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geosoco@kbin.social on 25 Sep 2023 20:55 next collapse

Who says there's no innovation in tech companies today? lol

reallynotnick@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 20:55 next collapse

Reddit’s post was distinctly non-specific about the dollar amounts people can expect to see

Lol, so basically “we might give you money if we feel like it”.

sjpwarren@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 21:36 next collapse

You should definitely post something for those sweet dollars then.

magnetosphere@kbin.social on 25 Sep 2023 23:44 next collapse

Dollars? That seems optimistic to me. It would probably be an amount comparable to the change you’d find on the ground in a parking lot.

If you’re an extremely active user who has no life, and posts all day every day, then we might be talking dollars. Perhaps even double digits over the course of a year!

eee@lemm.ee on 26 Sep 2023 01:13 collapse

“Reddit, what’s the sexiest sex you’ve ever sexed? [Serious]”

Tibert@compuverse.uk on 25 Sep 2023 22:34 collapse

Here is another article it seems to have more info techcrunch.com/…/reddit-will-start-paying-you-rea…

redditors need to earn at least 10 gold within a 30-day period — if they don’t reach the threshold, the balance rolls over. For users with between 100 and 4,999 karma, they will receive $0.90 per 1 gold. Once you earn more than 5,000 karma, you can earn $1 per gold.

It’s so bad… and what will happen is spam cheap bot content to get the gold amount necessary to get paid.

reallynotnick@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 22:43 next collapse

Question is who is just throwing $2 at comments? Should users just cut out the middleman and post their Venmo/Patreon handles or something?

If the app stores take a 30% cut then they are making 60cents off the $2 and Reddit takes in 40¢ while the user gets $1.

Just pay me the dollar directly, be sure to upvote, comment below and subscribe for more comments like this.

Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee on 26 Sep 2023 17:48 collapse

And it also excludes NSFW or other non-monetized content.

goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org on 26 Sep 2023 18:19 collapse

And subs can’t opt out

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 25 Sep 2023 21:01 next collapse

What could possibly go wrong?

Alteon@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 21:28 collapse

My bots boys are about to make so much money for me.

BolexForSoup@kbin.social on 25 Sep 2023 21:41 collapse

Me and the bots boys whipping up some killer recycled content new memes for the bots reddit community to enjoy!

n3cr0@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 21:23 next collapse

Great! Now they want the final stab with content being created by bots. Haha

RoseRose56@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 21:39 next collapse

It’s already happening, spoilers!!!

reversebananimals@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 22:13 collapse

I’m guessing that’s exactly what they want, actually.

A bunch of content regurgitaters who will keep their lurker numbers high and won’t talk back when Reddit further enshitifies its platform.

The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website on 25 Sep 2023 21:36 next collapse

Isn’t this copying Twitter again?

This is a good way to kill any sense of genuine community on your app.

shashi154263@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 22:01 collapse

Spez is a big fan of Musk.

bobman@unilem.org on 26 Sep 2023 15:38 collapse

more like spaz

BolexForSoup@kbin.social on 25 Sep 2023 21:48 next collapse

Oh my god they did it, they actually did it. So many years of jokes and they actually did it lmfao

fubo@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 21:56 next collapse

Another step to push authentic humans to non-corporate platforms …

Ethalis@jlai.lu on 25 Sep 2023 21:58 next collapse

I hate this so much

magnetosphere@kbin.social on 25 Sep 2023 23:46 collapse

I’d hate it if I was chained to reddit - but I’m not, so lol!

AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 22:07 next collapse

By all means, Trust Reddit to do right by its content creating users.

That is, after all, the reason most of us are here.

ArugulaZ@kbin.social on 25 Sep 2023 22:52 next collapse

No thanks. I'm not in it for the money... or the empty promise of money.

0xD@infosec.pub on 25 Sep 2023 23:10 next collapse

That’s hilarious. Was this the plan all along or was this more of a reactionary thing? I think it’s a mix of both.

Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world on 25 Sep 2023 23:51 next collapse

I wonder how much they’d pay me for my 40k karma…five bucks? Six?

Buncha horseshit

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 26 Sep 2023 01:01 collapse

*1 cent

Pandantic@midwest.social on 26 Sep 2023 01:35 collapse

Yeah, once you get to a certain amount of karma, you roll over into the cents, eventually going negative and you owe them now!

nyoooom@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2023 02:01 collapse

Wait that’s the Unity model

athos77@kbin.social on 26 Sep 2023 00:01 next collapse

So many limits and restrictions, including getting ten gold a year, to cash out. I don't see reddit having to give out much money here.

Breezy@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2023 00:15 next collapse

Besides relevant search results i stopped going to reddit completely for here. I went there today to see their thoughts on this matter, just to not see it mentioned in hot or top at all.

jmp242@sopuli.xyz on 26 Sep 2023 00:31 collapse

I sort of miss the more ‘niche’ but non techie / nerdy communities but just find myself reading books again, which is also less stressful.

eee@lemm.ee on 26 Sep 2023 01:12 next collapse

i’ve been using rdx.overdevs.com - it’s a great way to read comments on mobile with a great UI, and you can import your list of subscriptions in a .json file. The only issue is that you can’t use it to post, so it’s read-only. I view that as a feature and not a bug.

probablynaked@artemis.camp on 26 Sep 2023 01:59 collapse

Commenting to save for later - great tip

Breezy@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2023 03:16 next collapse

I too have been reading more. I kinda miss the random tidbits i picked up from hours of reddit though, but being only on lemmy is way healthier.

bobman@unilem.org on 26 Sep 2023 15:36 collapse

Yeah, it’s rough how only certain big subreddits moved here and have regular users.

Now the big ones feel niche, and the niche ones… well, nobody engages.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 26 Sep 2023 01:01 next collapse

Reddit is dead

Rainhall@feddit.online on 26 Sep 2023 01:06 next collapse

I bet this will be as lucrative as twitch streaming.

root@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2023 02:07 next collapse

Desperate

Thormjolnir@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Sep 2023 15:02 next collapse

So us leaving did work :)

not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world on 26 Sep 2023 18:16 collapse

Is there an app with minimal unobtrusive advertising?