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The popular forum and news aggregation web portal Reddit has revealed the firmâs Community Points beta program where Reddit users can âown a pieceâ of their community with âcustom tokensâ for subreddits.
Blockchain-Backed Reddit Community Points: âThe First Step Towards a Different Future for Online Communitiesâ
At the end of July, Reddit announced that the platformâs Community Points system would leverage the Layer 2 (L2) protocol Arbitrum. This week, Reddit revealed a new website that features the Community Points beta program, which says that Reddit patrons will be able to leverage native crypto assets tethered to unique subreddits. At the time of writing, there is a waitlist and users can sign-up via a form Reddit created.
âCommunity Points are the first step towards a different future for online communities,â Redditâs description of the new beta program notes. âThese tokens live on the blockchain, which means they are truly owned by the community. Over time, your community will benefit from even greater control and independence⊠on and off of Reddit.â
Reddit says that users can âEarn something valuable for all the hours you put into your community, [and] unlock special features.â Redditors can âbuy community features with Community Points, like special memberships and awards, [and] encourage better content and conversation,â the company details. Furthermore, Redditors can use polls and systems to figure out the Community Points distribution process. Redditâs website adds:
Each subreddit creates its own Community Points token, with a custom name and symbol.
Cryptocurrency Subreddit Likes the Community Points Concept, Most Popular Bitcoin Subreddit May Not Be Too Fond of Ethereum-Based Subreddit Tokens
In addition, Reddit says that people can âownâ their reputation as the points system will be a âmeasure of reputationâ in a certain community. âIn the subreddit, they are displayed next to usernames, so the biggest contributors stand out from the crowd,â Reddit explains. Community Points have been discussed in specific forums like the subreddit r/cryptocurrency and a great number of the subredditâs subscribers liked the idea.
It will be interesting to see whether or not r/bitcoin implements a Community Points token as discussions of alternative crypto assets are banned from that subreddit. Moreover, many r/bitcoin subscribers are not too fond of the blockchain Ethereum so using it for a Community Points system could be considered hypocritical. Itâs safe to say that many other crypto and non-crypto-related forums on Reddit will likely have no issues using the Ethereum-based Community Points program.
What do you think about Reddit introducing the new Community Points program where subreddits will be able to create their own custom tokens? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
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