> and very rarely does the original content creators actually benefit from having their works shared or altered on reddit Very often, when a gif taken from a v

> and very rarely does the original content creators actually benefit from having their works shared or altered on reddit Very often, when a gif taken from a video is shared, for example, the top comment will be a link to the source video. In even more cases, such a comment is near the top of the thread. That absolutely benefits the content creator.