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Reddit is killing blockchain-based Community Points | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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(Orignally posted in worldnews@lemmy.ml)

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

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That was quick, wasn't that feature just introduced earlier this year?

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    • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I forgot this was a thing.

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    that was fast. sounds like a failure to plan to me

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Scammers stop specific scam when exposed as scam and unable to profit, more at 11.

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    But.. but.. I taught blockchain could not be killed!?

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    [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Wow, it's almost as if using a blockchain to do mundane tasks is hideously inefficient and stupid, and is solely the result of tech bros groupthinking onto the latest buzzword driven bandwagon and high-fiving about line go up.

    tldr; fuck crypto and fuck blockchains

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