What's worse with Secret Santa is they didn't have to take it over in the first place. Community / active users ran it. Which is what (feeling like used to) makes Reddit special. AND they aren't giving the keys to the exchange back to the original creator...
Now starting over in a new user run sub but it is super sh*ty behavior.
They tried the marketplace idea too with reddit gold etc. wasn't that also originally a co-opted user created joke like silver? and they seem to be changing that too? though I can't find the mod post so maybe I'm not remembering correct?
It started on 4chan with the 4chan Gold meme. Users would joke about a non-existent premium subscription that unlocked exclusive content. Reddit went ahead and actually implemented that idea, complete with the /r/lounge subreddit (available only to users with Reddit Gold).
Reddit users created Reddit Silver as another meme, indicating that a post was valuable (but not worth spending real money for Reddit Gold). Then reddit implemented that later on.
Now starting over in a new user run sub but it is super sh*ty behavior.
They tried the marketplace idea too with reddit gold etc. wasn't that also originally a co-opted user created joke like silver? and they seem to be changing that too? though I can't find the mod post so maybe I'm not remembering correct?