Comment on Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform

Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• JackAttack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I disagree. I hate the decisions they make and personally, along with you, I think it’s idiotic.

  But while I hate on them, they will get away with it. Theyre not stupid. The decisions don’t align with its users but it will still work.

  Look at netflix raising prices for arguably content. Working for them.

  Reddit; Charging for the API essentially killing almost all 3rd party apps. Not sure the effect but reddit doesn’t seem to really be hurting. Users want to move but reddit is just too good. I even still use it because the user content on there is amazing. I try to ask all my questions/have discussions on lemmy, but I’m one person. Reddit has infinity more always contributing. I think the management sucks, but the platform just isn’t fully rivaled yet so they can keep milking their audience.

  source

  • kinkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Netflix was always a paid service though. I don’t know if people will want to pay for something they’ve had for free for over a decade, especially if the free subreddits will still exist.

    I’d also imagine that for any paid subreddit, someone will make a free version with similar content.

    source

    • jumjummy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh I’m sure that for one reason or another many of these free subreddits will end up migrating. Feature/moderator tool stagnation, potential payment or rev share models, plain old BS reasons to close existing subs.

      Whatever the excuse, their next move will be to shift big subreddits over, maybe starting with popular but more niche subs, then pivoting from there.

      Anything that is niche, dominating in terms of Internet presence for that interest, and potentially tied to folks who have more disposable income.

      source
  • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I agree. It costs them almost nothing to implement and when you have a big enough userbase there are always rubes who will pay for anything you charge for.

    source

    • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought Tinder’s most expensive tier costing $500/month was a joke, but it’s actually a thing. Someone somewhere is paying $500 for Tinder every single month. Wild.

      source

      • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s for people with that much money to waste. Saudi princes and the like.

        source
  • TORFdot0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I disagree that Reddit has good content but even bad content is better than no content for communities that haven’t been built here yet

    source
  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Reddit; Charging for the API essentially killing almost all 3rd party apps.

    The secret is they made it easy to bypass, the API still works if you moderate any subreddit, even if it’s one you just made. They made it just difficult enough to move the 99% of normie users to their own app.

    source

    • SwordInStone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are you certain it works this way? I find it hard to believe

      source

      • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, I’m still using Joey just fine. A lot of the apps were disabled by their creators through.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
• dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is probably targeting a adult content creators, aka trying to get a finger in onlyfans’ pie

  source

  • treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If the paid subreddits pay out to the creators, that seems like an okay feature. Also dipping into the Patreon market.

    source

    • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Repost bots are already rampant on big subs, but it would get so much worse if those bots could generate continual revenue.

      source
  • mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah that’s pretty much the only real market I can see for this.

    source
• ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not to mention that paywalled content being moderated by unpaid volunteers.

  source

  • Blackdoomax@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And commented and reposted by bots.

    source
  • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some mods would do it. I don’t know why, but they would.

    source
• hansolo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s like using the failed Reddit Gold lounge as a business model. A sub of awkward dudes that paid to be there and random people passing through and not sure WTF is going on with the awkward party.

  source

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have they stopped that now? I remember being in it at one point. I didn’t post and didn’t really look at it

    source

    • hansolo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, a couple years back it went away, replaced by super stickers or some dumb thing.

      source
• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m going to frame your comment and sell it!

  source
• danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was thinking a profit sharing concept for the people running the sub would make sense. I’m sure that’s not what it is though.

  source