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Reddit will start paying you real money for your karma (techcrunch.com)
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Reddit will start paying you real money for your karma::Reddit announced a contributor program on Monday, which awards users actual, real money for their fake internet points. Now, eligible users will be able

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 44 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of the Behavioral Economics classic case of the daycare that started charging for late pickup. Instead of disincentivizing bad behavior, it assigned a price to a service which people became happy to pay, when prior they avoided doing it due to social stigma.