So, I’m not a tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorist, but I absolutely believe the theory that Spez & Musk are being paid handsomely under the table by dark money to do their best to ruin Reddit and Twitter. It was the two largest places that liberals congregated, communicated, and publicly posted, and the right wing wants to hamper and/or destroy both sites. I think both are seriously compromised now, and many of the left have fled. In the case of Twitter, it’s just turning into Truth Social lite, and Spez is trying to monetize what’s left of Reddit as fast as he can to rake in cash off what’s left of the dying carcass/bot farm.
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Paywall all of them... don't care. Why do you think I'm on Lemmy?
I'm glad I've overwritten all my comments.
The easiest tool: PowerDeleteSuite
Don't forget to make the script prepare a backup file and download it once complete. In the replacement string, link to your Lemmy account so that anyone looking for the content can just PM you.
If only there was a free and open platform as an alternative to Reddit.
Really this just sounds like YT membership, allowing users to create subscriptions for premium/special content e.g. gambling picks, porn, etc.
If that's all it was intended to be, it could have been an actually useful and not intrusive monetization strategy....5 years ago.
Even if that's how the feature gets rolled out now, unless it's an unmitigated disaster, I don't see them being capable of not overplaying their hand.
They will assume that because some users are willing to pay for private porn content, or gambling pick subreddits, that of course most users must also be willing to pay for cat photos and memes.
Personally, I am all for it. I am for Reddit making the worst choices possible and speed running their decline. Mostly, I would like a user exodus that results in Lemmy finally getting growth in a lot of their more niche communities that still keep me using Reddit on occasion.
What’s next? Change the name of the platform to Y.com?
Tone down the snarky comments already guys. Never interrupt the enemy when they're making a mistake :>
True, don't want to risk a permanent ban lol
So OnlyFans for Reddit. More spam incoming.
What a fucking moron
Proves yet another time that Aaron died for nothing
Do it. Fucking do it, man, I WANT it to happen. Mash that self-destruct like there's no tomorrow, Spez, see how low you can go!
Wow, fuck absolutely all of that
Trying to stop scrapers, I would imagine.
If scrapers have anything to do with the decision, I'd guess its not so much "stop" as it is "make them pay to scrape". However I'd guess this is just Huffman trying to squeeze more money out of Reddit.
If they grandfather existing subscribers in it might work for a few months or years, and what does the current Reddit leadership care if that community survives longer than they stay at the company. They also might make a few sales with paywalled celebrity IAmA threads. In any case I will watch from the sidelines and enjoy the spectacle 🍿.
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I bet it’s for the porn. I bet you he’s going to paywall the porn.
Who goes to Reddit for porn when so many other better options exist? I always thought that was weird. That'd be the last place I'd look for it.
Also, commenting about porn is creepy as hell to me. Like, I do not want to read some other person's opinions/fantasies about a piece of media I'm jerkin' it to. It's like the people that try to make smalltalk at the urinal. Get in, do your business, get out, and keep that shit to yourself.
Under a few specific circumstances comments can make sense, like if it's a community for drawn stuff of one variety or another, that's used by newer artists looking for constructive feedback.
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Oh no! Where will I go to see OF spam bots now???
It’s steve huffman so it’s definitely for jailbait porn.