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I don't even get how this would work. If you paywalled, say,
/r/gaming
, could you just make a new community called/r/freegaming
? And do the moderators get paid for the communities they created?It all feels really half-baked and a desperate plea for money from investors when the money well is drying up.
There's probably something in the terms of use that prohibits that.
there's dozens of gaming subreddits already though. like truegaming or something else. i don't think many existing subreddits will do this. i do think nsfw creators will paywall their posts
however if reddit goes that route i hope OF sues apple/google. I don't like how some nsfw apps like reddit or x are allowed but others aren't
Post submitters would have to get a cut to encourage them to post OC on the pay subs and file takedowns if anyone else reposted their content elsewhere. I think it could only work for single user subs.
My first thought was that they are trying to be a new onlyfans.
Elon comes to make Reddit worse
Then they'll skate around that by implementing a paywall for creating new subs.