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Old 08-13-2019, 04:31 PM   #1
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What is "kin" in Tapatalk, and how do I turn it off?

Tapatalk is now officially super annoying to use, with the constant notifications and popups asking me to give "kin", whatever that is. Since I pay for the ad free version of the app, I should be able to disable this annoyance, but so far it looks like there's no way to do it. Ugh.
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Old 08-13-2019, 04:34 PM   #2
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Ok, a little more digging and I found you CAN disable it in Tapatalk settings. Thank goodness. Super annoying and unneeded.
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Old 08-13-2019, 04:44 PM   #3
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Thanks for that. I didn’t realize there was a way to turn that new “feature” off, but thanks to you it’s now Gone.
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Old 08-13-2019, 07:20 PM   #4
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I disabled it as soon as I saw it.
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Old 08-20-2019, 08:10 AM   #5
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I disabled it as soon as I saw it.
Hi: Jim Bennett... That's what you "Kin" do about it!!! Alf
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Old 08-20-2019, 01:17 PM   #6
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In case someone wants more details with the Tapatalk app:

Home ->Me ->Settings ->Kin Rewards: Toggle to off

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Old 09-08-2019, 09:41 PM   #7
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As to what it is.. https://medium.com/kinblog/introduci...e-fa18067ac6db has an explanation, but as far as I can tell it's basically a pile of unadulterated BS and the actual answer is "Everyone else seems to be making money with these cryptocurrency things; we should shoehorn it into our product now"
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