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[–] Lurker@lemmy.zip 368 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I bet they just don't like seeing all the awards go to fuck u/Spez posts.

[–] AzPsycho@lemmy.world 146 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] MortyMcFry@aussie.zone 64 points 1 year ago

That would fit with the Musk comparisons

[–] TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] kingthrillgore@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

They had the good part of a month to understand.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Most likely so.

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

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