Reddit is killing blockchain-based Community Points | TechCrunch
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Citing scaling issues, Reddit is shutting down its blockchain-based Community Points in favor of prioritizing other rewards programs.

Reddit is killing blockchain-based Community Points::Citing scaling issues, Reddit is shutting down its blockchain-based Community Points in favor of prioritizing other rewards programs.

  • glockenspiel@programming.devEnglish
    221·
    1 year ago

    That’s not why Reddit is ending it. Reddit is copying Twitter and Musk with a “creator fund” revenue sharing scheme. That pivots around paying for subscriptions with real fiat money to have the chance to earn a fraction of the value you to contribute to the site.

    And Reddit absolutely will not tolerate a competitor that they run themselves. People were earning hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of moons every month if their contributions really popped off on the CryptoCurrency subreddit.

    I had about $600-$800 worth of Moons just from shitposting and trolling and asking clarifying questions. I never made it a priority to engage; it just happened organically.

    So naturally Reddit is going to expunge the better version of what they want to implement because they can’t control it.

    • stevehobbes@lemm.eeEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      They’re both fucking awful. The everything-is-hustle angle is garbage.

      I don’t want people trying to figure out the optimal ratio of low but not too low effort posts to get paid turning everyone into a shill. Chasing karma was bad enough. People chasing money will be worse and less valuable.

      Just like Twitter, when everyone is monetizing their posts everything will go to shit.