Reddit kills awards and coins
Reddit kills awards and coins
Hi all, I’m u/venkman01 from the Reddit product team, and I’m here to give everyone an early look at the future of how redditors award (and...
![Reworking Awarding: Changes to Awards, Coins, and Premium](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2df6991e-42eb-4fdd-875c-0771e38587e5.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
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As part of this, we made a decision to sunset coins (...) and awards (...)
(...) all awards and existing coins will continue to be available until September 12, 2023.
"sunset".
two months time.
20 0 ReplyLonger than the warning they gave for the API changes!
14 0 ReplyGotta rush for that IPO money!
5 0 ReplyWhy September 12? what a weird date... one day after 9/11, wtf lol. Was this announced on the 12 July (I'm not going to reddit) so maybe it's one month after the announcement.
2 0 Replytwo months is an eternity for reddit management
2 0 ReplyReddit sure loves it's two month notification period.
2 0 Replyverbed the shit out of that noun
2 0 ReplyThis is actually used as a verb, as ending something slowly and gradually, so as not to cause sudden and disrupting changes.
Sunsetting Python 2 for example lasted 12 years (extended from original plan of 7 years).
3 0 ReplyYeah it's corporate wank-speak, I'm not a fan.
2 0 Reply