• buh [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    the concept of reddit gold is cringe on its own, but the icons they use are on a different level

    • 24324564745364253q49 [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      It started with introducing Reddit Silver, then Platinum, then just a few limited time icons, then permanent ones, then animated ones.

      Then they started giving them to people for free to give to others to cultivate a culture of buying awards.

      Now we're here.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        4 years ago

        Reddit Silver was originated as a joke to parody Reddit Gold.

        Capitalism ruins everything. But it especially ruins comedy.

        • 24324564745364253q49 [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          The worst part is it worked perfectly to slip the userbase into thinking that the microtransactions were actually a fun in-joke and that's all.

          Once people were used to gifting Reddit Silver, they could be introduced to Reddit Platinum without any of the expected backlash you'd think reddit users would have to their site doing exactly what they hate EA doing

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        4 years ago

        Imagine if those minds could be put to socially valuable labor.

        Like asking a fish to learn to fly

          • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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            4 years ago

            Maybe. I think there are structural and deep psychological problems that perpetuate this mentality.

            Even Old Reddit had a serious "Memes Always top the feed" problem that admins seemed to embrace rather than resist.

            And folks that could be agents for reform always seem to get shown the door (or worse, RIP Aaron Swartz).

    • disco [any]
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      4 years ago

      I kind of appreciated seeing the Illuminati pyramid.