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Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 20 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I think that reddit's "going public" guru squad doesn't want redditors to be able to have any control on what content is pushed to the top of the queue. That is just a guess, though.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Then why don't they just alter the algorithm or remove any coin-related influence? The average redditor does not care/know that gilded posts reach the top.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago*

    Because it causes engineering overhead that perhaps no one there wants to do. And when reddit gets its IPO it will no longer give a hoot and an half about the "average redditor" because profit suddenly becomes the only thing that matters to shareholderds.

    What I am saying is that the visibility that coins make is prolly not inline with the people that want to use reddit to push products, shows, and ideologies for profit.

    It is just about control.

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