Not even if they were the last SM on earth as far as I’m concerned.

What is everyone’s thoughts on how that shit show is going to play out ?

  • ramenu@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I’m not sure if this is a good idea. Would people seriously pay just to access some subreddit? Why wouldn’t they go on another forum?

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    1 month ago

    Could make sense. If they’re smart, they’re trying to get a cut of the “exclusive Discord”, patreon, Substack kind of money flow.

    If they’re wildly stupid, they’ll try to take over and paywall popular existing subreddits.

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    1 month ago

    Please just end this site already.

    Im not sure what’s worse, this site or whatever crap twitter is now.

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    I’m reading this as a play to allow communities to have their own paid for areas and Reddit takes a cut in exchange for hosting this.

    I recall a while back they were looking at a way to financially compensate major contributors and moderators, so possibly this idea is being revisited in a way.

    Right now though, most people contribute to communities to share their knowledge or creativity and to connect with others- and monetisation might be there in the background but isn’t a first class feature of the platform. It makes business sense to make this play, even though it’ll make the site worse.

    To conclude: Reddit becomes an only fans competitor. Calling it now.