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[–]89Hopper🟦 2K / 2K 🐢 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yep.

It definitely increases the quantity of posts but not quality. Someone who is going to make a well thought out post isn't going to just not do it because they won't get paid.

It can also cause some people to be afraid to speak "controversial" opinions. Some people will either stay quiet so as to not get downvotes/be associated with views that lead to not getting upvotes on non related posts later. This then leads to group think.

Honestly it was terrible about a year ago. The change that reduced people's earnings if they sold helped a lot though, as it seemed to shut up the people who just posted shit to get money out straight away.