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Control of the narrative is worth more than just money. So instead of just removing it, they just set the price to be laughable high so few, if any actually pay
by pierat 3y ago
Control of the narrative is worth more than just money. So instead of just removing it, they just set the price to be laughable high so few, if any actually pay.
Reddit is also betting that the 'sticky' users who contribute won't leave. And I think they grossly underestimated just how fast content creators can abandon your platform for a more friendly one.
I also surmise that the API charging is to claw money back from aggregators and those YT shorts and Tiktoks that badly read a post and some comments along with an unrelated video. And also killing 3rd party API clients also helps adblocking efforts and control of the 'narrative'.
- concordDance 3y agoReddit doesn't really have content creators, just content reposters.
- irrational 3y agoThat’s not really true. I am on a number of subs (boardgames, woodworking, baking, etc.) that have people posting their own content all the time. The following are the very first posts at the top of the front page of each of these subs right now: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/13xydtw/the_legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom_ethnos/ https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/13xydtw/the_leg... https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/comments/13y7iit/made_a_simple_sword_for_my_nephew/ https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/comments/13y7iit/made_a... https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/comments/13ybcbk/first_time_making_cakesicles_more_bang_for_your/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/comments/13ybcbk/first_time_...
- interestica 3y agoIt also depends on how you define content. While the initial thread may be a “repost”, the ensuing discussion is original and leads to different inputs.
- kalupa 3y agoironically, these aggregators are just going to switch to using scraping instead ...
- MindBeams 3y agoAnd it all comes full-circle.
- BeFlatXIII 3y agoOld Reddit may be 1% of the user base, but it's 99% of the worthwhile users and janitors.