The answer is: 

Tipping is overdone and annoying. 

I don’t give a friend $1 when they say something I like. Or If I want to repeat what they said to my friends.

Tipping was a great ‘24 fad, we tried it, we had fun, and it’s time to move on. 

… Unless one of the founders of the several tipping products can prove to me that tipping is really important. I’m open to discussion.

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you can choose not to tip others. 

I think it’s fair to speak for yourself but there is solid evidence that “we” love tipping here and it isn’t “time to move on”

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because it is a strong signal to someone that you appreciate them, that works if they are far away or if you don’t know each other very well (as is often the case online) 

it’s roughly the same reason why it feels nice to buy your friends a coffee or a drink