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DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 1 month ago
I know the lemmy hivemind jumps at any opportunity to trash reddit, but if properly implemented (which to be honest they probably won’t ) this could be the same as paid forums back in the day. It just depends on how much or a cut they get and how do they manage revenue share. If you could have your own private forum for free and have people subscribe to it for 2 bucks a month and you get 75% revenue of every sub it would probably spring a lot of high value forums, I’m mostly thinking like car forums used to be but it’d probably be used as another only fans
Psythik@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Paid forums? I’ve been on the web since its invention; that one is new to me. What kind of bougieass rich boy websites do you go to that something as bizarre as a “paid forum” is normal for you?
ladytaters@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Something Awful has been around since the very early 2000s, and they charge $10 to get an account, and the same to reinstate a banned account. It’s actually pretty nice because the fee tends to keep all but the most dedicated trolls from doing anything particularly stupid. And yes, I know they created 4chan, but the main forums are trying to be better people over the years.
Psythik@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
TBF, SomethingAwful is an edge use case. Completely forgot about that because paid forums are not the norm.
ladytaters@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s true, but they do exist!