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Reddit’s new Contributor Program will let you cash out gold given to your posts by other users in real money. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

They're just copying Elon. To that end, the already clickbait-filled front page is gonna get worse and engagement farming is going to become as rife as ever.

It's a desperate and cynical attempt to claw back users who appear to have left en masse after the API changes. Reddit is noticeably less active in smaller subs since July. And the larger subs have more or less consolidated themselves to a few power users.