-496 upvotes, 31 direct replies (showing 25)
View submission: Sunsetting Secret Santa and Reddit Gifts
I’d say it as “because time.” To keep something like gifts going at its scale requires focus, and when we are talking about something exactly like gifts, there’s also user data that needs to be properly cared for and shepherded.
I would rather see this project go out on a high note than have to write a post about Terrible Awful Things that happened, or, possibly worse, go out in a whimper.
Comment by BrightNooblar at 09/06/2021 at 18:56 UTC
34 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What is the difference between time and money, if you're a multi-million dollar company with the the existing process to hire new employees who can then provide time on a weekly basis, in exchange for money?
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Its okay for it to be about money, you're a company and need to make money to continue to exist. Money saved means fewer ads I need to scroll through. But its either about money or its not. Being about a synonym for money isn't making it not about money.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2021 at 19:57 UTC
43 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by cupcake_thievery at 09/06/2021 at 18:56 UTC
189 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Then why not just hire someone? Surely reddit has enough money to hire enough people that "time" shouldn't be an issue?
Comment by LoquaciousLabrador at 09/06/2021 at 18:57 UTC
76 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So you'd rather avoid continuing success than face the risk of failure?
Wow. Ain't that corporate shortsightedness in a nutshell.
Comment by regimentIV at 09/06/2021 at 18:58 UTC
55 upvotes, 0 direct replies
"Time is money", isn't it? Paying someone to do the things you described eradicates the problem of not having the time.
So yeah, **money**.
Comment by Koioua at 10/06/2021 at 02:05 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So basically you guys are going to kill off something good about the platform because it takes away resources and time? Oh let me guess, some guy from management found out that Reddit can save more money by killing it off and this post is just the justification.
Redditgifts isn't perfect, but it's a great aspect of the community and a cool tradition. Why not consider it an actual investment for the community.
Comment by digthemovie at 09/06/2021 at 20:55 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
ive the community back to its original owner, you hack. This was never run on your credibility, and that was never the reason people did this exchange. Remove your profit-chasing selves from the equation, not the equation itself.
Comment by SpeaksDwarren at 09/06/2021 at 19:39 UTC
24 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What exactly is the high note here? It's June! How is this not going out with a whimper?
Comment by xaustinx at 09/06/2021 at 19:57 UTC
18 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Id rather see you give it back to the original creators. When you stole it, i stopped participating.
Comment by howdydoodybooty at 10/06/2021 at 04:24 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You gonna use that time to start vetting the people you guys hire in the future? You know so we don't get more child rapist apologist running the site?
Comment by FyreWulff at 09/06/2021 at 21:18 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If you don't want it then give it back to it's original creator then.
Comment by LightningProd12 at 09/06/2021 at 18:55 UTC
25 upvotes, 0 direct replies
TL;DR: We weren't making enough money from it
Comment by UlricVonDicktenstein at 09/06/2021 at 18:53 UTC
239 upvotes, 0 direct replies
$$, got it
Comment by AdventurousDawg405 at 09/06/2021 at 21:49 UTC*
18 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by Thatdoodky1e at 10/06/2021 at 00:15 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
But somebody else could run it before so easily? Sounds like Reddit is just getting greedy
Comment by SledgeHerman at 09/06/2021 at 19:50 UTC
17 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Eat a dick and go fuck yourself you slimy cunt
Comment by Early_Chip6778 at 09/06/2021 at 21:34 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
No one seems to like this idea at all…
Comment by coolmos1 at 09/06/2021 at 21:34 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Ah, legal got it's claws in it.
Comment by 5pezIsAPedophile at 10/06/2021 at 11:15 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
this is the most bullshit fuck answer. Also, remember how you said you were goingnto answer questions? You've answered fucking 2. Sack shit.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2021 at 18:53 UTC
21 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Read my username and see why
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2021 at 16:52 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Can you try telling the truth now, because that was the biggest load of horseshit I've seen in my life, and I live on a farm.
For shame.
Comment by boogswald at 10/06/2021 at 03:30 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Time is money and you don’t care to pay someone to manage it. Got it.
Comment by Swak_Error at 10/06/2021 at 11:37 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What you're doing to reddit will drive people away
Just like digg
Comment by SalemDrumline2011 at 10/06/2021 at 02:10 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
you suck
Comment by JustAnotherGuyn at 09/06/2021 at 19:08 UTC
-12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
For all the disappointment and hate on here, having worked with sensitive consumer data myself, I can understand why. Plus the safety concerns. With that being said, we are a community. We can bring this back as a community under a different name if we want to.