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Why Reddit Accounts Are Must-Have in 2025
- Reddit is a highly influential platform for discussions, communities, and content discovery.
- Having a well-managed Reddit account is essential for effective marketing and building credibility.
- A strong Reddit presence helps reach niche audiences and promotes engagement.
- Creating a trustworthy Reddit account is crucial for long-term marketing success.
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Reddit's CEO says paywalled forums are coming to the platform soon. Here's what we know.
- Reddit plans to introduce paywalls for exclusive content this year.
- During a Q4 earnings AMA, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman confirmed the development of paid subreddits and an e-commerce system.
- The paywalled forums are still in progress and the company aims to lay the foundation for a marketplace.
- Reddit's shares dropped after below-expectation user growth in the fourth-quarter earnings.
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Instagram Tests New ‘Dislike’ Button for Comments
- Instagram is testing a new ‘dislike’ button for comments, allowing users to privately signal when they find a comment irrelevant or unhelpful.
- The button will offer users a private method of expressing negative feedback on comments.
- The feature is currently being tested with a limited number of users and will not display a public dislike count, ensuring user anonymity.
- The introduction of the dislike button has the potential to revolutionize the comment section on Instagram.
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Some Reddit content could soon be locked behind a paywall
- Reddit CEO, Steve Huffman, announced plans to introduce paid subreddits that would require a subscription to access.
- The implementation details of paid subreddits have not been disclosed, but it is expected to be new communities rather than existing ones behind a paywall.
- Huffman did not address whether users would be compensated for contributing to paid subreddits or the benefits it might offer.
- A timeline for the rollout of these changes has not been provided, but a paid-only subreddit could be expected by the end of 2025.
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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Luckcatchers 2, Storebound, Might of Spells
- Luckcatchers 2, a sandbox MMORPG with crafting and skilling, shuts down due to being unprofitable.
- Storebound is a co-op survival horror game set in a furniture store where players must find the exit while avoiding hostile 'employees'.
- Might of Spells, a new isometric MMO, launches alpha with deep gameplay mechanics, player-driven economy, and skill-based PvP.
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Reddit Set to Enhance Search with AI-Powered Expansion
- Reddit is set to enhance its search experience by incorporating 'Reddit Answers' into the current search interface.
- The company is assembling a search team of engineers to support this effort.
- In addition, Reddit has started experimenting with AI-powered search result pages.
- The platform aims to boost growth, retention, and income by integrating search into the onboarding process.
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Reddit's stock drops 15% after the CEO said a Google algorithm tweak hurt traffic
- Reddit's stock dropped over 15% after the CEO mentioned that traffic had been affected by a Google algorithm change.
- The impact highlights the reliance of some users on external search engines to find information on Reddit.
- Despite a 39% user growth between 2023 and 2024, Reddit reported user growth below analyst expectations for the fourth quarter.
- While revenue for the quarter reached $428 million, with 92% from advertising, the algorithm change primarily affected logged-out users.
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Reddit hints at expanded AI-powered search
- Reddit plans to launch an upgraded search experience in 2025 to help users navigate the platform and answer subjective and interesting questions.
- The company will integrate Reddit Answers, which offers curated summaries of relevant responses, into its existing search.
- Recruiting engineers to build a search team, Reddit aims to leverage AI and unlock the massive corpus of information stored in its conversations.
- The platform is looking to drive growth, retention, and revenue by making Reddit search a part of the platform onboarding process.
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NCsoft Q4 2024: Guild Wars 2 and Blade & Soul are doing great, with Aion 2 waiting in the wings
- NCsoft's Q4 2024 financial report follows recent restructures and layoffs in an effort to avoid losses, with sales up 2% since Q3.
- Despite revenue losses in the mobile segment, PC MMORPG sales surged, led by Blade and Soul and Guild Wars 2.
- Guild Wars 2's success was attributed to Janthir Wilds, while Aion's revenue declined ahead of the awaited Aion 2 release.
- Throne & Liberty's success contributes to rising royalty sales, despite not being included in NCsoft's MMO revenue chart.
- NCsoft executives anticipate a 'turnaround' in 2025 after restructures and staff cuts, focusing on global MMORPG market opportunities.
- Aion 2 is set to launch in Korea and Taiwan in the second half of the year, with a global release to follow, emphasizing a unique approach for userbases.
- AI is highlighted as essential, with NCsoft deploying AI and LLM technology to cut costs, primarily in localization, animation, and moderation.
- The company aims for a strategic comeback in 2025 following challenges, emphasizing its position in the global MMORPG market.
- NCsoft's restructures and developments, including anticipated game releases, reflect efforts to stabilize financial performance and foster growth.
- The financial landscape for NCsoft's various MMO titles shows fluctuations and developments, with a focus on balancing mobile and PC market strategies.
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Choose My Adventure: Mulling over the many (many!) playable variants of Aion
- The author contemplates between playing Aion Retail or Aion Classic for Choose My Adventure, having not played the game in over a decade.
- He reminisces about his previous experiences with Aion, finding it to be a serviceable MMORPG with underwhelming aspects.
- Initial research into Retail Aion suggests it has become pay-to-win, leading to skepticism and mixed opinions.
- Players lament the evolution of Retail Aion, highlighting issues with combat, leveling speed, and endgame pay-to-win elements.
- Conversely, there is praise for Aion Classic, with players viewing it as a return to the original essence of the game.
- The author acknowledges the varying perspectives on Retail and Classic versions, struggling to decide which one to play.
- Amidst the dilemma, a poll is conducted to determine whether the author should explore Aion Retail or Aion Classic.
- The article concludes with the author seeking input from readers to make a decision on which version of Aion to experience for the month.
- Polling closes on a specific date, ensuring that the author will actually play the chosen version for the adventure.
- The column 'Choose My Adventure' allows readers to participate in deciding the author's gaming journey each week.
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Study: Social Media Users Are More Likely to Invest in Crypto
- A study from the University of Georgia (UGA) reveals that social media users are more likely to invest in cryptocurrency.
- Approximately half of social media users surveyed had invested in crypto, compared to just 10% of non-social media users.
- YouTube, Reddit, and X users demonstrated the highest investment rates, while Instagram users showed less interest.
- The study suggests the need for increased media literacy education and the importance of evaluating one's financial goals when making investment decisions.
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The beta for early access tiny MMO Book of Travels preps a patch with a handful of bug fixes
- The developers of Book of Travels are preparing a new patch focused on bug fixes and community requests.
- The patch is currently live on the Beta server and players are encouraged to test and provide feedback.
- The patch addresses various issues such as reagent volume, knots, trader inventory, screen blur in combat, and skill casting.
- There is a general sense of discouragement among players due to the lack of significant updates and skepticism about the game leaving early access or receiving promised content.
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Players accuse a Pantheon Rise of the Fallen dev of enriching his guild by spawning a rare mob
- A developer at Visionary Realms has been accused of cheating in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen by spawning rare mobs for his in-game guild.
- The accusations were made by a former member of his guild and were initially dismissed as trolling and helping advanced testers.
- The community is divided with some perceiving a threat against the reporting player and others seeing it as a conflict of interest.
- Visionary Realms is investigating the matter and awaiting an undoctored screenshot of the event, while the developer's actions are being looked into by higher-ups.
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Fans Who Paid $100 To Play Civilization 7 Early Call It 'Unfinished'
- Long-time fans of Civilization game series who got early access to Civilization 7 for paying $100 are calling the new game 'unfinished' which is a harsh first impression for new changes that came along with the game?
- New features such as streamlined resource management, societal development, crisis events, mixing and matching leaders and civilizations have been well received so far.
- But the Civ 7 seems to have a poor start with reviews being 'mixed' and the current Steam reviews with less than 47% being positive.
- Players are particularly frustrated with the UI being a major issue as Civ is a dense strategy game and poor menu layout, navigation and conveying information can be a death sentence.
- Some players believe the problem is the game being designed with more of a console focus, leading towards suboptimal UI design choices for PC players.
- Civ 7 currently sits at 81 on Metacritic, which while generally positive, is the lowest for the series in some time. The developers at Firaxis have responded to the complaints in a blog post on improving the UI among other areas.
- Firaxis’ parent company, Take-Two, has acknowledged the issues and has stated that the team was working on improving UI and that Civ 7's initial launch wasn't perfect.
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Final Fantasy XIV 7.2 promises new gathering quests, new Arcadion matches, and new phantom jobs
- Final Fantasy XIV 7.2 introduces new gathering quests, Arcadion matches, and phantom jobs.
- New ability crossover called 'phantom jobs' allows players to adopt abilities related to jobs not planned as full jobs.
- Patch 7.2 brings more main story quests, a new dungeon, a new trial, and Mamool Ja society quests focused on gathering jobs.
- The patch also includes Cosmic Exploration content, a new discount campaign for Final Fantasy XI players, and upcoming live letters to reveal more details.
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