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?
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sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 months 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 10 months ago
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 10 months 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 10 months ago
Seems like a pretty huge opportunity for Reddit. If the article mentioned it, I missed it.
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 10 months 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 10 months ago
Probably because OF gets a lot of their business through promoting on Reddit.
Sakychu@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So why not cut out OF and keep the users?
PineRune@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Risk vs reward. I could see reddit swinging either way depending on which they think smells like more money.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if NSFW subreddit are what he is talking about.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
They know pornhub still exists right?
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 10 months ago
tbf pornhub sucks at finding specific content.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 10 months 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.