• @[email protected]
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      1441 year ago

      I think that’s actually closer to the mark than many realize. Awards are great when they are not directed at the company or it’s rep in a negative manner as they show positive engagement and help the company with sales marketing. When awards and upvote/downvote counters are used to highlight that the users are having a negative experience then it hurts the platform image. Similarly to how YouTube removed the downvote tracker because their marketing team realized it hurt their sales revenue with business partners.

      • Thanks4Nothing
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        131 year ago

        TBH, I don’t think they care. It is monetization and engagement of their microtransactions…as smug as they may be, I think it’s all about $

        • kingthrillgore
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          21 year ago

          Agreed, just because spez is getting repeatedly dunked on, he wouldn’t want to prevent them from paying him for the pleasure.

    • @[email protected]
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      171 year ago

      I was going to post, “Do they understand their user base?” but after reading your post, I believe they do.

    • AnonymousLlama
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      81 year ago

      That’s where I’m putting my money. They don’t want clearly shit dogshit admin posts to get poor awards