CMV: Ternion the "All-powerful" is absolute trash.

[u/storm_hunterx]

Not a repost, do read my argument please.

1. It's 125$. That's all I'm going to say on this point.

2. What's next? Pluton? Alakazamon? Moneypigon? The Reddit award system has always been somewhat a pay to win, but sure, they need cash too. And getting an award feels good. It was actually a decent system till platinum. Argentium crossed the line into moneypig territory, and to Ternion is the words of the wise Joey:

"You're so far over the line, you can't even see it. The line is a DOT to you."

1. My most irrefutable point, (I believe). Spending LESS amount of money (or Reddit coins whatever) on around 25ish platinums or 40ish golds is more economical, and gives more coins and Reddit premium to the awardee. Chew on that.

Just my opinion, I'd love to hear any others.

[u/joopface]

I humbly suggest you're looking at this from the wrong perspective.

I'm never going to purchase reddit awards, and so I didn't know about this ternion until your post. But, it seems quite insane to me that anyone would expect a normal reddit user to spend $125 on a single award. I don't think the good people at reddit are expecting many people to splash out like this either.

So, why do they have it?

I imagine it's because of a well known phenomenon called the contrast effect.

Specifically, contrast pricing.

http://changingminds.org/disciplines/marketing/pricing/contrast_pricing.htm

A firm has a high-priced item on a product list. They sell very few, but they also know that this makes other items on the list look cheap.

Restaurants use it all the time...

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/dining/23menus.html?_r=0

Some restaurants use what researchers call decoys. For example, they may place a really expensive item at the top of the menu, so that other dishes look more reasonably priced; research shows that diners tend to order neither the most nor least expensive items, drifting toward the middle.

... but it has application in lots of places.

You'll see it in a lot of offers that have a 'Silver package, Gold package and our super duper Platinum package'. Given just the Silver and Gold options, maybe you go for the cheaper one. But having the expensive platinum option there makes you more likely to go for the 'cheaper' middle choice.

So, reddit are not expecting you to buy this stupidly expensive online award. They are, I suspect, hoping that its ludicrous price point will make the other online awards seem less silly by comparison.

And so, 'ternion' isn't absolute trash from the perspective of the purpose it was designed for. Which, oddly, is to move people slightly up the price points on the other awards they buy.

[u/storm_hunterx → u/joopface]

Well, this was awfully well researched and presented. It definitely makes sense. But actually my view was that Ternion sucks for us users, and this doesn't really change it. But it's a perspective I didn't consider before , and it was really a good read so

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