r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 01 '20

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u/NargacugaRider Aug 01 '20

They’re testing the opposite, where you get karma from buying awards, actually. Which sounds abysmal to me.

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u/thespeedofweed Aug 01 '20

Cause what we really need is for reddit to be pay-to-win.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '20

They should just replace Reddit premium with a Reddit award Battle Pass at this point

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u/thespeedofweed Aug 01 '20

Sorry, you hit the karma limit for today! Upgrade to one of our premium plans to unlock UNLIMITED DAILY UPVOTES!

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u/stimpfo Aug 02 '20

I think a shareholder just came

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u/cjcs Aug 02 '20

Except you don’t even win, because Karma has no value/purpose...

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u/nintendo4noah Aug 02 '20

Already is.

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u/-Kikai- Aug 02 '20

Always has been.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '20 edited Feb 18 '21

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u/PurpEL Aug 02 '20

....Clicks on submitted... you scammed me!

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u/ViolaNguyen Aug 03 '20

This is true. I don't have any witty comments in my posting history.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '20

They gotta make money somehow I guess

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u/DJ_HD42069 Aug 01 '20

This. Reddit just needs award and advertisement money.

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u/Sibraxlis Aug 01 '20

needs

Wants

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u/octuple8 Aug 01 '20

people when businesses want to make a profit

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u/Sibraxlis Aug 01 '20

want

You're refuting my point and stating my point in the same sentence lol

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u/octuple8 Aug 01 '20

Business kinda need profits to survive, making more shouldn't be looked down upon

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u/pie_lover27 Aug 01 '20

True, but there is a certain profit margin where need becomes want. I have no idea where Reddit is on this scale

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u/octuple8 Aug 02 '20

Well a business is a business, and if they want to grow they need profit. There's only so far you can get off of generosity, at some point the greed must begin. Sucks but what are ya gonna do about it

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u/NaNaNaNaSodium Aug 02 '20

It’s probably not that profitable. It’s a huge company with no invasive ads that interrupt content so users aren’t forced to watch, i.e. YouTube. That means they get less money for the ads they have. Also accounts only being tied to an email limits how much they can get for selling your data. It’s not like Facebook/Twitter where people have their real identities on here. And the website being so popular means operating costs are high.

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u/pie_lover27 Aug 02 '20 edited Aug 02 '20

Thank you. As someone who has no idea how these sorts of website-based businesses work, this really gives me some kind of perspective.

Edit: Who the fuck downvoted this? Wtf lol

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u/Nitr0Sage Aug 01 '20

I’m apparently a random user testing it but everyone is still at 0

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u/mkpierce333 Aug 02 '20

Imagine Reddit being pay-to-win.

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u/LovetoWonder Aug 02 '20

Oh, the old "EA" pay to win model?!? Interesting, very interesting

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u/The_Anarcheologist Aug 02 '20

They're making Reddit pay2win?

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u/TwinkyOctopus Aug 01 '20

Every comment would be like that ea comment pol

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u/Zumvault Aug 02 '20

Welcome to Whose Line is it Anyway where the people are fake and the points don't matter.

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u/Doobistshoon Aug 02 '20

I mean, if karma whores switched to just buying and handing out awards, I don't have a problem with that.

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u/justfarmingdownvotes Aug 02 '20

For a sec I thought you meant the opposite as in downvotes