TL;DR
- Code within the official Reddit app suggests that the company is working on a Contributor program.
- Redditors in the US could earn real money for the gold and karma that their posts and comments receive.
- This will likely be subject to minimum withdrawal thresholds.
Seems to me that monetizing karma would bring what is already sort of an echo chamber to the next level. Suddenly an unpopular take can cost you dollars and cents.
They will just ban them and invalidate any possible payouts.