390 upvotes, 4 direct replies (showing 4)
View submission: Sunsetting Secret Santa and Reddit Gifts
I’m not sure I see any justification for this. As a mod, I cannot see where any significant improvements are being made for user experience at the moment that users have actually asked for. And now you are removing one of the most beloved features of the platform? Why?
I would say there is a larger than known subset of users who look forward to the gift exchanges as a way of community and connection that you are now depriving them of. I strongly hope you reconsider cutting this platform and consider not only the potential user loss but the goodwill capital gained from these exchanges.
Comment by TimeMachineToaster at 09/06/2021 at 19:58 UTC
41 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Even worse, how does this improve the issues they mentioned here specifically? Nothing about this gift exchange takes away from the points they mentioned above. It's completely counter intuitive to take away from things many users enjoy to improve the user experience.
Some idiot got promoted and is trying to make a name for themselves I'll bet.
Comment by DrinkMoreCodeMore at 10/06/2021 at 17:05 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
By "improvements" they actually mean just killing off old.reddit.com and all of it's features slowly so everyone is forced to use mobile or new.reddit.com because that generates them more ad impressions and revenue.
Reddit and its admins are its own worse enemy.
I cannot wait for this site to be replaced with something better.
I encourage anyone paying for reddit Premium to cancel that shit ASAP.
Comment by zer0bl4aze at 10/06/2021 at 20:54 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You know when your own mods are turning against you you fucked up
Comment by MustacheEmperor at 10/06/2021 at 23:41 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I guess they had to kill this because those resources are better spent on RPAN and /r/Second? For some reason?