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 week 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 week ago
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 6 days 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 6 days ago
Seems like a pretty huge opportunity for Reddit. If the article mentioned it, I missed it.
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 6 days 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 week ago
Probably because OF gets a lot of their business through promoting on Reddit.
Sakychu@lemmy.world 1 week ago
So why not cut out OF and keep the users?
PineRune@lemmy.world 1 week 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 week ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if NSFW subreddit are what he is talking about.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
They know pornhub still exists right?
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 6 days ago
tbf pornhub sucks at finding specific content.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 week 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.