Gumwars's recent activity
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Comment on Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment) in ~tech
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Comment on Reddit is getting rid of its Gold awards system in ~tech
Gumwars Link ParentI'm very new here, in fact this is my first comment on the platform. I don't think it comes as any surprise that the majority of the people here came from Reddit and are looking for someplace new....I'm very new here, in fact this is my first comment on the platform. I don't think it comes as any surprise that the majority of the people here came from Reddit and are looking for someplace new. New, as in better but the same. In other words, I don't believe an apology is necessary. In my opinion, I think we will see a lot of "looking back" content in the weeks and months to come.
Doing away with awards, especially awards that are issued by the community seems to be in lockstep with an overall push towards a more centralized control approach that Reddit looks to be creating. If RNG's link is correct (and I have no reason to suspect otherwise), the push is to monetize more of the platform. If karma farming was bad before, it will only get worse with a move like that.
The timing was intentional as LMG's fanbase is already on its heels. She'll likely still receive a lot of hateful responses, but there are a lot of folks who will look at her situation differently because of all that's happening.