That’s not really a new MO for them - remember, this is a site that uses unpaid content creators to attract other unpaid content creators and then sells access

That’s not really a new MO for them - remember, this is a site that uses unpaid content creators to attract other unpaid content creators and then sells access to us and knowledge about us to businesses and political interests among others. Figuring out how to pay very little and suck out a lot of value is what their business is built on.