65 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)
View submission: Karma experiment
As long as this has *absolutely* **no** effect on anything besides that 3rd category on a user's profile page, so *no* change to posting algorithms, *no* change to rate-limits, *no* change to post rankings, literally nothing except that one, single line of numbers, I don't think this is a bad thing.
As soon as it starts to affect how/where/when your posts/comments appear, then it becomes a problem. So as long as it actually stays the way you guys say it will, I say go for it.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/07/2020 at 19:45 UTC
23 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Agreed. I don't really like this idea anyway. I stopped reading when I got to "Our goals with this change are to recognize ~~awarding~~ paying Reddit as a key part of the Reddit community"
Comment by DaTaco at 07/07/2020 at 02:41 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
That will come in phase 3 of this,
phase 1 experiment - "Listen" announce it's happening but it's an experiment to see how it will go.
phase 2 rollout - "Do it, lip service to the things that you heard" let people complain but respond to them
phase 3 - improvements - Do what they wanted which is to group in the karma and let people buy it.
What experiments has reddit ever undone for raising money?
Comment by MrMeltJr at 07/07/2020 at 02:07 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Also a large problem if it lets people pay to bypass karma minimums that some subs use to prevent spam.