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  • UglySpaghettiHoe [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Reddit can't die quick enough. Does reddit actually make any profit? Here's to hoping it dries up with Uber when their venture capitalist bubble bursts

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Idk, 'whales' are a thing in microtransaction economies, just because on reddit the addiction being fed and what's gotten in return for the transaction is confirmation bias, ", I wouldn't at all be surprised if a couple dozen rich ghoulish people spent their time and a few gold a day worth of their money gilding china-bad posts like how someone might buy hundreds of dollars of crates or whatever in a game over years, a few at a time adding up in the background

          side note: this analysis is informed by when I was a a megalib and my russiagate posts got gilded (🤮) I'd use the free gold I had to give... to gild things that fit my confirmation bias. Can only imagine how many id have done if I had a trust fund or some shit

          • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Isn't there some weirdo who's trying to build a cult on Reddit? I don't recall his u/, but I think discussion of him popped up on SRD or some other meta sub.

            So basically anyone who says his name gets their post gilded, is how I recall it working. Not sure if they're still around.

        • cilantrofellow [any]
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          4 years ago

          I get free points annually pretty much for modding a ~10K size sub, they're definitely not making anywhere near 100% of the awards you see given out.

            • cilantrofellow [any]
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              4 years ago

              Eh yeah not directly I guess. admins give out like 20K points to decent sized subs to give to top posters for the year. I’m usually one of them and I do most of the daily shit so the head mod gives me a bunch. We only have a couple dozen active posters pretty much so I can’t imagine how many points they give out to other subs.

      • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Idk you have to take into account that the C-level people probably make a shit ton of money because they're so good at not making money.