▲ 28 ▼ Reddit is replacing / modifying the Reddit gold feature, what are your thoughts ? (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by chat_mots@jlai.lu to c/technology@lemmy.ml 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) Gold was always dumb. Why spend money on upvotes. The fact that people actually ever bought it (and said thank you for it) was super weird to me. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 years ago Gold used to be a great way to support Reddit covering its server costs back when the admins were focused on sustainable operation rather than maximising profit permalink fedilink source parent [–] dimath@lemmy.fmhy.ml 22 points 3 years ago (1 child) It was a way to support nice and friendly website back then, sort of like donations permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Yup, and you got some nifty features, like seeing which comments are new since the last time you visited. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 years ago Gold used to be a great way to support Reddit covering its server costs back when the admins were focused on sustainable operation rather than maximising profit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dimath@lemmy.fmhy.ml 22 points 3 years ago (1 child) It was a way to support nice and friendly website back then, sort of like donations permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Yup, and you got some nifty features, like seeing which comments are new since the last time you visited. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Yup, and you got some nifty features, like seeing which comments are new since the last time you visited. permalink fedilink source parent