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
      24·
      1 year 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
        3·
        1 year 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

    • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      1 year 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?

    • 1bluepixel@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      1 year 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.

        • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          1 year 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·
      1 year 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

    • Ducks@ducks.devEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yea I think the outrage is or should be directed at removing the already given awards. Just to go and wipe everything is not a great idea

      • SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Especially gold. The other awards were arguably bloat, but gold was iconic to reddit. All those classic posts now missing their gold seems wrong.