• @ShortFuse
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    31 year ago

    Which is why rewarding good content will still be part of Reddit. Though we’d love to reveal more to you all now, we’re in the process of early testing and feedback, so aren’t ready to share official details just yet. Stay tuned for future posts on this!

    “Super-upvotes” will cost real money. There will still be normal upvotes of course, but content creators (and Reddit, of course) will be able to get real money. It’ll be like YouTube or Twitch and people will make Reddit a full-time gig.

    It’ll start a commercialization wave that just results in clickbait and celebrities controlling the culture.

    It’ll make them money though, and that’s all they care about.