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Which kind of content would get people to pay? Certainly not memes and random youtube links. An obvious one would be porn, but then why would one pay for it on

• soganess 2y ago
  From the article it seems like they are considering a 'creator garden' model like patreon. Ex: you like podcast/streamer/whatever Y. You pay to support Y (via reddit). Y has a paid section of the 'official' subreddit for subscribers. If reddit could figure out a way to provide hosting for Y... or some other kinda value add... it isn't the worst idea? I mean why use patreon, if your fans already have a community on reddit? Plus less friction is always nice for the subscribers. A paying user who logs in can see the 'public' and 'paid' portions of the sub at the same time. I'm not on either, but supposedly using the patreon app is kinda meh. Private discords seems better, but if your already have a userbase discussing your work on reddit, why not? I honestly think the biggest issue is the reddit brand. Most people now see reddit as "that one place you get user generated answer from google". Or still see it as "where the insufferable folks are". But that isn't universal. I suppose reddit doesn't have to eat all of patreon's lunch, just some. (I don't have reddit, patreon, or discord accounts, so...)