Reddit CEO signals subreddits requiring a subscription fee coming this year
How will Reddit generate content for paid-for subreddits?
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Interesting article. Clearly says the pay groups would be new groups and this wouldn't affect any existing groups.
Assuming that's true, all they have to do is close down any sub they want a subscription from. New sub is made, new sub is required.
Subreddit takes on a whole new meaning.
That's assuming they don't look at a sub and just say "you're now paid, congrats" and the mods just go along with it. I can see greedy mods seeing the ability to profit from that kind of forceful hand and then complaining about disengagement.
Yup, i was thinking the same thing too
That's how it always starts, then they'll widen it a bit more "Ok now we'll include subreddits that were created within 3 months of announcement" then a bit more "ok now within a year" then a bit more "ok now if it's a buy/sell subreddit with > 1M subs"
And then before you know it, you need to pay 1.99/month to access r/memes.
Oh but don't worry! I'm sure they'll come out with an "unlimited" tier that's 49.99/month!
It's not like a company would ever lie to the public for money. They definitely wouldn't ever think of slowly rolling back free services and monetizing them....... I mean where would anyone even get that idea about a tech company?
Sure, until they A- arbitrarily change that once people have gotten used to the new normal, or B- game the system and find an excuse to kill off profitable subreddits knowing the community will just turn around and spin off a new one... thus having to start requiring a subscription.
