Memes

51109 readers

1285 users here now

Rules:

Be civil and nice.
Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

397

Reddit trying to flex (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

37 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 years ago (24 children)

I'm not on Reddit anymore, what is this "contributor program"?

[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 years ago (23 children)

Looked it up, apparently someone datamined something out of the app that said you could earn money for getting karma/gold on posts.

Fake internet points are finally worth something!
Now redditors can earn real money for their contributions to the Reddit community, based on the karma and gold they've been given.
How it works:
* Redditors give gold to posts, comments, or other contributions they think are really worth something.
* Eligible contributors that earn enough karma and gold can cash out their earnings for real money.
* Contributors apply to the program to see if they're eligible.
* Top contributors make top dollar. The more karma and gold contributors earn, the more money they can receive.

This is absolutely going to get gamed to hell if it really happens. It also reeks of desperation.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Genius, a direct financial incentive to maximize the imaginary internet points, surely there's no way this will just make karma farming bot problem so much worse.

Capitalists are so fucking dumb.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m sitting here trying to understand what they think is going to happen with this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You ever heard of the cobra effect

load more comments (20 replies)