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Boards.ie should add their own version of Reddit's Gold.
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21-06-2018 6:13am#1
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Thanks for the suggestion. Here's some Gold
Obviously there would be benefits for Boards if we were to offer something like this and have looked up what could be offered in return (more so for subscriptions than Gold). In that instance, some of what Reddit offers is useful, some things we offer by default to all users. There are some features that people have suggested / we'd like to implement, but then it becomes a question of what do you keep behind a paywall and what do you offer to all for increased functionality, etc.
Personally, I find it a little odd that people essentially pay someone for a comment; there are some very witty and creative people on the internet (here, Reddit, and elsewhere), of course, but am I going to pay them/a service provider for that? Maybe that's tied in with attitudes towards tipping culture (or maybe I'm just tight
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Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »Thanks for the suggestion. Here's some Gold
Personally, I find it a little odd that people essentially pay someone for a comment; there are some very witty and creative people on the internet (here, Reddit, and elsewhere), of course, but am I going to pay them/a service provider for that? Maybe that's tied in with attitudes towards tipping culture (or maybe I'm just tight). But to each their own.
I don't get this attitude at all. If a stranger on the internet has enriched your life either by making you think about something differently, made you laugh or just given you the information you hadn't had before then surely encouraging that person to keep it up with the odd reward is a hugely beneficial thing to the site. When people do it by writing books, making films, music we generally try to show our appreciation by giving monetarily. It isn't that you are paying a service charge, you are just saying thanks in the way society has deemed appropriate to that person. In real life, we can show that appreciation towards people around us in many different ways but on the internet that isn't the case.0 -
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WhiteMemento9 wrote: »I don't get this attitude at all. If a stranger on the internet has enriched your life either by making you think about something differently, made you laugh or just given you the information you hadn't had before then surely encouraging that person to keep it up with the odd reward is a hugely beneficial thing to the site. When people do it by writing books, making films, music we generally try to show our appreciation by giving monetarily. It isn't that you are paying a service charge, you are just saying thanks in the way society has deemed appropriate to that person. In real life, we can show that appreciation towards people around us in many different ways but on the internet that isn't the case.
No doubting that at all. Anyways, to each their own. If someone would like to tip someone for a comment I'm not going to campaign Reddit to not allow it
As for Boards doing it, obviously it could benefit the site; the key is to also ensure there are benefits for receiving such a tip for the end user.0 -
Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »No doubting that at all. Anyways, to each their own. If someone would like to tip someone for a comment I'm not going to campaign Reddit to not allow it
As for Boards doing it, obviously it could benefit the site; the key is to also ensure there are benefits for receiving such a tip for the end user.
I don't just mean though in immediate monetary terms. You encourage a better level of posting and you also encourage posters providing good content to continue providing that content. Boards is its users at the end of the day. Look after them and you have a better product which encourages more people to use it. It is a circle that feeds itself and works for everyone involved.0 -
WhiteMemento9 wrote: »I don't just mean though in immediate monetary terms. You encourage a better level of posting and you also encourage posters providing good content to continue providing that content. Boards is its users at the end of the day. Look after them and you have a better product which encourages more people to use it. It is a circle that feeds itself and works for everyone involved.
The scenario reminds me a bit of the system which prevailed in Junior & Senior Infants in Primary school...
Good behaviour etc got you a bronze silver or gold star to stick on a board with your name on it
Lots of stars meant you got to be teachers pet and were 'allowed' to clean the duster outside etc
Seriously though I do see how the proposed idea could have merit
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The scenario reminds me a bit of the system which prevailed in Junior & Senior Infants in Primary school...
Good behaviour etc got you a bronze silver or gold star to stick on a board with your name on it
Lots of stars meant you got to be teachers pet and were 'allowed' to clean the duster outside etc
Seriously though I do see how the proposed idea could have merit
Maybe we all just kids still at heart and a little more encouragement and a little less of the stick would make us all feel a little better.
Those pesky kids though where getting those stars for doing nothing of value :P0 -
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artanevilla wrote: »Would it be taxable?
I presume it falls under how any creative content on the internet is taxed like youtube etc.
Before the smart ass gets there, so it's not
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