Reddit kills awards and coins

https://lemmy.world/post/1442053

Reddit kills awards and coins - Lemmy.world

Wonder if this is connected to that leaked contributor/paid karma thing that got leaked a few days ago
Do you happen to have a link to some more information on this? I have seen the pay for karma sites before but was this internal?

If you haven’t seen it elsewhere yet I think the main source is this AndroidAuthority article:

androidauthority.com/reddit-contributor-program-3…

It’s a leak rather than an announcement (I saw someone mention an announcement earlier, but couldn’t find it), but IMO it is made more likely by Reddit’s hints in the post about getting rid of gold, and it’s also similar to something that has been done in a few crypto subs for a while.

Reddit's Contributor Program could earn you real money for your Reddit karma

Reddit could be working on a Contributor program, letting top contributors earn real-world money from the gold and karma they receive.

Android Authority
I don’t have the link on hand right now but iirc someone posted here like last month regarding some internal code that was discovered basically outlining a program to pay users for how much karma they get. Kinda like being a Reddit “influencer” or some shit
Someone on reddit suggested it was due to spez being petty about all the awards people were giving the protests, and even though it should seem unlikely, it makes all the sense to me.