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Why would you hope this kills reddit? Wtf is wrong with you to think that a company charging for access to their resources warrants it being destroyed? They se

Why would you hope this kills reddit? Wtf is wrong with you to think that a company charging for access to their resources warrants it being destroyed? They seem to be acting in good faith and giving people plenty of heads up. If the pricing is reasonable, it’s more than fair to have third parties pay for access. Apps running on reddit itself will not have to pay.

ohgodplsno 3y ago
I hope to fucking god this kills Reddit, because Reddit itself provides no value. - It's a glorified PhpBB, there's nothing brand new about Reddit. - The comments they're making you pay for are mine, are yours, put out for free on a publicly visible website. Reddit sits down and wants to collect money from being a database? - Reddit wants to have its cake and eat it too. their content is valuable because people are out there being mods, for free. - Warning people in advance isn't acting in good faith. It's telling them there going to get fucked anyways, but hey, now you can plan for it! - Their app is utter dogshit. The mobile options will now be their dogshit app, for free, or quality third party apps that will soon start charging monthly to pay for the costs. This is a way to kill third party apps, make no mistake.
- 2Gkashmiri 3y ago
  remember how a few short years ago reddit would guilt shame people into paying for "server costs" on a daily basis by buying awards? People were literally paying to keep reddit afloat for their own use. Now they are reversing course and saying "well there are costs to pay". the fuck is wrong with them. Users kept reddit afloat for all its life because they enjoyed it and got utility out of it. They paid for the access to all of reddit, api and all by awards and suddenly they want to charge money? what were people doing earlier? No one asked reddit to selfhost images and videos. Remove that and you can get back to 10 year old reddit in an instant but no. They want to bring algorithmic video recommendations ala tiktok. utter shit
poulpy123 3y ago
No user is paid to post content and no mod is paid to moderate content
2Gkashmiri 3y ago
shouldnt mods be paid to do the work of reddit, in moderating reddit subs?
- bdcravens 3y ago
  Wouldn't this mean that all mods should be chosen by Reddit? They would also have to go through the usual processes (verify identity for taxation and age, ensure not a citizen of an embargoed nation, etc) I know the argument is that content generates revenue for Reddit, but there's no shortage of subs where the mods actively suppress content that doesn't fit the subreddit's goals. In that case, the mods are working against Reddit's interests, and "working for" the subreddit.
  - 2Gkashmiri 3y ago
    i have been a mod for half a dozen for the past 8 years. the general expectation was "everyone is doing this out of passion and everyone is enjoying the result." why should i bother now? i am doing unpaid labour for reddit and they are no less charging for the time i put in so why should i not be reimbursed?

ohgodplsno 3y ago

I hope to fucking god this kills Reddit, because Reddit itself provides no value. - It's a glorified PhpBB, there's nothing brand new about Reddit. - The comments they're making you pay for are mine, are yours, put out for free on a publicly visible website. Reddit sits down and wants to collect money from being a database? - Reddit wants to have its cake and eat it too. their content is valuable because people are out there being mods, for free. - Warning people in advance isn't acting in good faith. It's telling them there going to get fucked anyways, but hey, now you can plan for it! - Their app is utter dogshit. The mobile options will now be their dogshit app, for free, or quality third party apps that will soon start charging monthly to pay for the costs. This is a way to kill third party apps, make no mistake.

2Gkashmiri 3y ago
remember how a few short years ago reddit would guilt shame people into paying for "server costs" on a daily basis by buying awards? People were literally paying to keep reddit afloat for their own use. Now they are reversing course and saying "well there are costs to pay". the fuck is wrong with them. Users kept reddit afloat for all its life because they enjoyed it and got utility out of it. They paid for the access to all of reddit, api and all by awards and suddenly they want to charge money? what were people doing earlier? No one asked reddit to selfhost images and videos. Remove that and you can get back to 10 year old reddit in an instant but no. They want to bring algorithmic video recommendations ala tiktok. utter shit

poulpy123 3y ago

No user is paid to post content and no mod is paid to moderate content

2Gkashmiri 3y ago

shouldnt mods be paid to do the work of reddit, in moderating reddit subs?

bdcravens 3y ago
Wouldn't this mean that all mods should be chosen by Reddit? They would also have to go through the usual processes (verify identity for taxation and age, ensure not a citizen of an embargoed nation, etc) I know the argument is that content generates revenue for Reddit, but there's no shortage of subs where the mods actively suppress content that doesn't fit the subreddit's goals. In that case, the mods are working against Reddit's interests, and "working for" the subreddit.
- 2Gkashmiri 3y ago
  i have been a mod for half a dozen for the past 8 years. the general expectation was "everyone is doing this out of passion and everyone is enjoying the result." why should i bother now? i am doing unpaid labour for reddit and they are no less charging for the time i put in so why should i not be reimbursed?