I wonder what the legality is of that when people are posting content from these porn sites and reddit is charging users to access it. How is this any different than paid piracy streaming sites?
sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m surprised they aren’t talking about subscriber subreddits. With the amount of porn/OnlyFans posts, I would have thought they could position Reddit as a friendly and familiar OF alternative.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 month ago
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That probably is the idea, to have a competitor to Patreon and OnlyFans. They should have probably mentioned that as an example before some people start thinking /r/worldnews becomes paywalled.
sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Seems like a pretty huge opportunity for Reddit. If the article mentioned it, I missed it.
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 1 month ago
It does not mention it and I cannot see any official statement, but that seems like a logical reason. Reddit management however is not famous for being logical so we will see.
PineRune@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Probably because OF gets a lot of their business through promoting on Reddit.
Sakychu@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So why not cut out OF and keep the users?
PineRune@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Risk vs reward. I could see reddit swinging either way depending on which they think smells like more money.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if NSFW subreddit are what he is talking about.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
They know pornhub still exists right?
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 1 month ago
tbf pornhub sucks at finding specific content.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It is the Onlyfans girls farming simps.
Keep in mind Reddit wants to wall off NSFW to be more advertiser friendly, and therefore more profitable.