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Desperate or just business as normal? (www.techtimes.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Make content, get paid.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago

And we thought bots and karma farming were bad before.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    >demand money from third party app developers
    >give money to karmawhores

    wut

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    The concept behind the program is straightforward. Redditors who receive substantial gold and karma from other community members can potentially convert these virtual rewards into real-world money that can be cashed out.

    sigh, that's desperation. This means that the discussion on Reddit will not be natural or organic, it will cease to be human. Redditors will be like dogs, where they shitpost and post comments that everyone agrees with so they can make money, basically doing what the master tells them in order to get their treat. Reddit as we know it will cease to exist.

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    deleted by creator

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    [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Reddit must be super nervous and losing a lot of traffic. Burn baby, burn!

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I feel like I got out just at the right time!

    It's such a shame that everything has to be commodifed. Being on lemmy, free of ads and financial incentives is such a breath of fresh air. Community and sharing ideas shouldn't be driven by money.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I agree, but unfortunately it does cost money (way more than you think) to host something online, even a small Lemmy instance. The more traffic you have, the more it costs. The same goes for time spent on admin, which shouldn't be free unless it's a passion project.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    All it would take is one left-leaning billionaire to fund server costs for Lemmy instances with no strings attached, and we'd never have to worry about it being commodified. C'mon George Soros, where are you at? It would be pocket change for you.

    So many far right billionaires putting so much money into their hateful, bigoted causes, while progressive causes seem to die on the vine due to lack of funding.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Problem is, you don't become a billionaire without massive amounts of exploiting people for profit, and someone like that isn't going to support Lemmy since there's no profit to be had. There are no left-leaning billionaires, only neo-liberal billionaires.

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "Thus creating the self sustaining economy we've been looking for"

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