▲ 1140 ▼ Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 200 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 19 points 3 years ago (3 children) it’s zombie reddit over there. most of the people that stayed were just lurkers. They still think this was all caused by “power tripping mods” and don’t notice the site decaying around them. They’re just glad the mods that chastised them for being racist are gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago For some people the experience hasn't decayed. There is still cat pics and vitriol, if that's all they used to see that's all they still see. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I wonder if anyone has done an analysis of the ratio between say upvotes and # of comments. I bet it is much worse for Reddit these days and as commentors dwindle so does content people will add. It's a downward spiral as people lose interest, and it just becomes a circle jerk of bots fooling advertisers, lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago There’s still lots of comments over there, but the depth and variety of the comments seems to have sharply diminished. permalink fedilink source parent [–] db2@lemmy.one 17 points 3 years ago The ones that aren't bots, shills or spammers are apathetic. They won't be contributing any content to speak of. They'll also eventually get bored and leave because of that same reason. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 19 points 3 years ago (3 children) it’s zombie reddit over there. most of the people that stayed were just lurkers. They still think this was all caused by “power tripping mods” and don’t notice the site decaying around them. They’re just glad the mods that chastised them for being racist are gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago For some people the experience hasn't decayed. There is still cat pics and vitriol, if that's all they used to see that's all they still see. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I wonder if anyone has done an analysis of the ratio between say upvotes and # of comments. I bet it is much worse for Reddit these days and as commentors dwindle so does content people will add. It's a downward spiral as people lose interest, and it just becomes a circle jerk of bots fooling advertisers, lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago There’s still lots of comments over there, but the depth and variety of the comments seems to have sharply diminished. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago For some people the experience hasn't decayed. There is still cat pics and vitriol, if that's all they used to see that's all they still see. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I wonder if anyone has done an analysis of the ratio between say upvotes and # of comments. I bet it is much worse for Reddit these days and as commentors dwindle so does content people will add. It's a downward spiral as people lose interest, and it just becomes a circle jerk of bots fooling advertisers, lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago There’s still lots of comments over there, but the depth and variety of the comments seems to have sharply diminished. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago There’s still lots of comments over there, but the depth and variety of the comments seems to have sharply diminished. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] db2@lemmy.one 17 points 3 years ago The ones that aren't bots, shills or spammers are apathetic. They won't be contributing any content to speak of. They'll also eventually get bored and leave because of that same reason. permalink fedilink source parent