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Thanks for the reply
though I fail to see how the karma system makes them money.
the only thing I can think of is maybe it's an attempt to artificially increase how much time you post on the site.
To me it's like business charging to use the bathroom, the reason they don't is because for every dollar they make from people paying they lose money from people boycotting the business on principle.
Again to use my spotify example would spotify be successful if it forced you to listen to artist you didn't care about to listen to the music you want to hear ? "I know you want to listen to the Lana Del Ray but first you have to listen to 1 hour of Limp Bizkit"
For very one user that sucks it up and uses the site anyway they likely lose people who don't want to deal with it or are like me and get blocked from using the site.
Again if it was all about money why can'y you pay to skip it ?
Also it creates post friction since people are scared to wreck their karma so there is that.
The karma system increases engagement, which entices shareholders, resulting in an increase of share price.
I apologize but I fail to see how.
It restricts how often you can post and where you can post so if all the low karma subs do't interest you. Then you will either not use reddit or use it less.
Again people spend more time doing things they like. To use my spotify example do you think a sabrina carpenter fan will listen to conway twitty as often as they listen to sabrina ? No they will not. So at best you get them to bite the bullet and drag their feet gettign through the hours and at worst they leave.
Again how comes no other social media site works this way ? TiktTok and it's Chinese sister apps like Xiaohongshu and Douyin are seen by even the western tech sites as the kings of maximizing user engagement and participation. So much so it's a meme how much TikTok is addicting, meanwhile does reddit addict the same way ? There are people addicted to reddit in the same way there are people addicted to eating Styrofoam but there are more people addicted to sugar then Styrofoam
The karma itself is the gamification that increases engagement.
The gated subs, karma limits, etc. are there to cut down on spam, low-effort content, brigading, etc. in large communities to keep the engaged users more engaged so hopefully they spend a few more dollars on silly updoot awards.
It's all supply and demand, profit-driven decisions. If a feature like karma limits alienates a small number of users, it is still worth it if it retains and engages with more high-value users who invest money in the platform with their ad viewership and direct purchases.
https://youtu.be/gEK1G1WQM64
This guy had at one point the third highest karma of any reddit user in history.
He did everything everyone swore up and down the karma system was deigned to prevent
He stole content from imgur H used python scripts to leave his computer open and post more He talked about issues he knew nothing about focusing most of his post on us politics despite him benign a 15 year old Italian kid who himself admits he knows little on us politics
Yet Karma rewarded him
You're not going to get an argument out of me lol. I had a Reddit account for over a decade. I was addicted to the karma system of Reddit, it was seriously negatively impacting my life. I finally deleted my account and moved here recently, it's been one of the better changes I've made in my life. You can completely hide post scores here, and the communities are smaller and less active which drives a more genuine engagement vs the hot-take one-liners, memes, and low-effort post replies.
Reddit can burn to the ground and cease to exist for all I care. It's become so big and full of hate and misinformation.
My legitimate advice is just... don't go back and save yourself the headache.