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Reddit will start paying you real money for your karma (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[โ€“] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 97 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far, the Reddit contributor program is limited to users in the United States (to start, at least) who are over the age of 18 and can verify their identity via Persona and Stripe.

Guys, here's the real reason. So they can positively identify you. Evidently this is how much that knowledge is worth. They can probably then start selling your posted data to other companies that have also "verified" you via Persona and Stripe. Once those datasets start getting linked together, well I will let your imagination run with that.

[โ€“] Sygheil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My initial thought. Whenever you do shit on reddit like sailing the high seas and doing some serious stuff. Once you opt in and be verified it can be linked back to you. No more masked on a account on who is behind this and that. Easy catch