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Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious (mashable.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The website has been knocking it out of the park for popular decisions lately /s

We all know this is happening with Reddit gold, however I thought it would be relevant to point out that there has been fallout amongst Reddit Premium subscribers.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Call me a cynic but I suspect the biggest 'contributor' to r/product will end up being product's marketing department account, likewise with r/country and party-political apparatchiks. The move is elegant in a way: Reddit Inc can ruin true democratic operation of subs by turning subscribers into shareholders (which wards off repeats of mod activism) and simultaneously provide further cover to astroturfers (lots of points = Time and Effort™ = good faith actor).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, absolutely this is the case. Reddit could even run bot accounts to gain a lion's share of points for any particular sub they want to control, thereby stifling any sort of protest or activism authorized by sub vote.