Firstly, they de-valued upvotes and the equality that every user’s opinion had before they were introduced.
And secondly, they were so abundant that they didn’t mean anything anyway.

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    discords global reactions is actually a smart way to monetise: a vanity feature that many frequent users may want and drives subs but doesnt ruin the platform

    meanwhile reddits pointless award spam is just so atrocious and tacky I used script to hide them lol

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      On RiF the only awards I ever saw were silver, gold, and platinum. But it didn’t stop Reddit from sending me DMs every time someone slapped some stupid free award on my content.

      “Very dapper” my ass!