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”.
Reddit revamps gold system with opportunities to earn real money for posts
Submitted 1 year ago by ooli@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://mashable.com/article/reddit-gold-contributor-program-money
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reallynotnick@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Tibert@compuverse.uk 1 year ago
Here is another article it seems to have more info techcrunch.com/…/reddit-will-start-paying-you-rea…
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 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 1 year ago
And it also excludes NSFW or other non-monetized content.
sjpwarren@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You should definitely post something for those sweet dollars then.
eee@lemm.ee 1 year ago
“Reddit, what’s the sexiest sex you’ve ever sexed? [Serious]”
magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 year ago
Dollars? That seems optimistic to me. It would probably be an amount comparable to the change you’d find on the ground in a parking lot.
If you’re an extremely active user who has no life, and posts all day every day, then we might be talking dollars. Perhaps even double digits over the course of a year!
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 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 1 year ago
Isn’t this copying Twitter again?
This is a good way to kill any sense of genuine community on your app.
shashi154263@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Spez is a big fan of Musk.
bobman@unilem.org 1 year ago
more like spaz
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Reddit is dead
Breezy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
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 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.
bobman@unilem.org 1 year ago
Yeah, it’s rough how only certain big subreddits moved here and have regular users.
eee@lemm.ee 1 year ago
i’ve been using rdx.overdevs.com - it’s a great way to read comments on mobile with a great UI, 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.
root@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Desperate
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 year ago
What could possibly go wrong?
Alteon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My
botsboys are about to make so much money for me.BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 year ago
Me and
botsboys whipping up some killerrecycled contentnew memes forthe botsthe reddit community to enjoy!
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wonder how much they’d pay me for my 40k karma…five bucks? Six?
Buncha horseshit
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
*1 cent
Pandantic@midwest.social 1 year ago
Yeah, once you get to a certain amount of karma, you roll over into the cents, eventually going negative and you owe them now!
Thormjolnir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
So us leaving did work :)
Rainhall@feddit.online 1 year ago
I bet this will be as lucrative as twitch streaming.
geosoco@kbin.social 1 year ago
Who says there's no innovation in tech companies today? lol
0xD@infosec.pub 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.
athos77@kbin.social 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 1 year ago
I hate this so much
magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 year ago
I’d hate it if I was chained to reddit - but I’m not, so lol!
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 year ago
Oh my god they did it, they actually did it. So many years of jokes and they actually did it lmfao
ArugulaZ@kbin.social 1 year ago
No thanks. I'm not in it for the money... or the empty promise of money.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Another step to push authentic humans to non-corporate platforms …
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is there an app with minimal unobtrusive advertising?
n3cr0@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Great! Now they want the final stab with content being created by bots. Haha
reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m guessing that’s exactly what they want, actually.
A bunch of content regurgitaters who will keep their lurker numbers high and won’t talk back when Reddit further enshitifies its platform.
RoseRose56@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s already happening, spoilers!!!