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[–] reallynotnick@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit's post was distinctly non-specific about the dollar amounts people can expect to see

Lol, so basically "we might give you money if we feel like it".

[–] Tibert@compuverse.uk 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here is another article it seems to have more info https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/25/reddit-will-start-paying-you-real-money-for-your-karma/

redditors need to earn at least 10 gold within a 30-day period — if they don’t reach the threshold, the balance rolls over. For users with between 100 and 4,999 karma, they will receive $0.90 per 1 gold. Once you earn more than 5,000 karma, you can earn $1 per gold.

It's so bad... and what will happen is spam cheap bot content to get the gold amount necessary to get paid.

[–] reallynotnick@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Question is who is just throwing $2 at comments? Should users just cut out the middleman and post their Venmo/Patreon handles or something?

If the app stores take a 30% cut then they are making 60cents off the $2 and Reddit takes in 40¢ while the user gets $1.

Just pay me the dollar directly, be sure to upvote, comment below and subscribe for more comments like this.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And it also excludes NSFW or other non-monetized content.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

And subs can't opt out

[–] sjpwarren@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should definitely post something for those sweet dollars then.

[–] eee@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

"Reddit, what's the sexiest sex you've ever sexed? [Serious]"

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

By all means, Trust Reddit to do right by its content creating users.

That is, after all, the reason most of us are here.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't this copying Twitter again?

This is a good way to kill any sense of genuine community on your app.

[–] shashi154263@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spez is a big fan of Musk.

[–] bobman@unilem.org 1 points 11 months ago

more like spaz

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 year ago

Reddit is dead

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Besides relevant search results i stopped going to reddit completely for here. I went there today to see their thoughts on this matter, just to not see it mentioned in hot or top at all.

[–] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I sort of miss the more 'niche' but non techie / nerdy communities but just find myself reading books again, which is also less stressful.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I too have been reading more. I kinda miss the random tidbits i picked up from hours of reddit though, but being only on lemmy is way healthier.

[–] eee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

i've been using rdx.overdevs.com - it's a great way to read comments on mobile with a great UI, and you can import your list of subscriptions in a .json file. The only issue is that you can't use it to post, so it's read-only. I view that as a feature and not a bug.

[–] probablynaked@artemis.camp 2 points 1 year ago

Commenting to save for later - great tip

[–] bobman@unilem.org -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, it's rough how only certain big subreddits moved here and have regular users.

Now the big ones feel niche, and the niche ones... well, nobody engages.

[–] root@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What could possibly go wrong?

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My ~~bots~~ boys are about to make so much money for me.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me and the ~~bots~~ boys whipping up some killer ~~recycled content~~ new memes for the ~~bots~~ reddit community to enjoy!

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how much they'd pay me for my 40k karma...five bucks? Six?

Buncha horseshit

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, once you get to a certain amount of karma, you roll over into the cents, eventually going negative and you owe them now!

[–] nyoooom@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Wait that's the Unity model

[–] Rainhall@feddit.online 10 points 1 year ago

I bet this will be as lucrative as twitch streaming.

[–] Thormjolnir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

So us leaving did work :)

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Oh my god they did it, they actually did it. So many years of jokes and they actually did it lmfao

[–] 0xD@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

That's hilarious. Was this the plan all along or was this more of a reactionary thing? I think it's a mix of both.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Another step to push authentic humans to non-corporate platforms ...

[–] athos77@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

So many limits and restrictions, including getting ten gold a year, to cash out. I don't see reddit having to give out much money here.

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago

I hate this so much

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

No thanks. I'm not in it for the money... or the empty promise of money.

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Is there an app with minimal unobtrusive advertising?