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Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious::undefined

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[–] ziggurism@lemmy.fmhy.ml 145 points 2 years ago (25 children)

Didn’t Reddit gold start as just a user-run bot, that kept a tally of how many times it had been invoked for any particular recipient?

And then Reddit forced the bot to retire so they could offer a paid version. And now they’re retiring their mandatory replacement. Good job Reddit.

[–] Bagel@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was at least reddit silver that worked this way.

[–] adude007@lemmy.ml 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I thought Reddit silver was just an image a user would post if they were too broke to afford gold.

[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was also eventually a bot, before silver became an award.

[–] adude007@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Well I learned something today.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

It also came with a bot

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