Reddit, which is still dealing with the fallout from its last controversial decision, said it plans to phase out coins and awards.

Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards::Reddit, which is still dealing with the fallout from its last controversial decision, said it plans to phase out coins and awards.

    • whatsarefoogee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      2 years ago

      As someone who would never pay for reddit coins or premium, it’s still pretty easy to identify with them.

      They paid for a product and now it’s being removed with no compensation or refund. That’s total bullshit regardless of what the product was.

      • Pika@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        sounds like an easy chargeback claim if that’s the case, “service not rendered/doesn’t exist anymore” might lose the acct out of it but who really cares at this point

    • 1bluepixel@lemmy.mlEnglish
      24·
      2 years ago

      I hated the “coin culture” with a passion (hey, look, it’s Bill Gates, let’s give him tons of paid emoticons he won’t care about!), but it’s clear this move is part of Reddit’s further enshittification. You can bet whatever replaces coins will be even shittier, and I think Reddit’s users know it.

    • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      22·
      2 years ago

      I can’t identify with giving reddit money but I can sympathize with people who were saving monthly coins they paid for. Seriously, it has to be deliberate now. Why piss off your most loyal, paying customers? Is it a test?

      • FinalBoy1975@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        People that are wasteful enough to prepay for that kind of nonsense sort of have it coming to them. Still, I agree that it’s not nice to do that. However, I have more important things to worry about.

        • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Sometimes prepaying is the more frugal option, since there’s usually a discount for buying in bulk. As of January of this year, I wouldn’t have believed you if you had told me that Reddit was going to do something so egregious that I would permanently stop browsing there.

    • _number8_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      i used coins basically as a bookmark feature for great posts; it was nice to give a treat to a good poster as well. so incredibly stupid they’re destroying the site like this