Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious::undefined

  • Wolf_359@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I said this in another thread - I bet they’re going the YouTube route and are going to start allowing content creators to make money.

    Might sound good on the surface but it’s absolutely going to shred what Reddit used to be. Goodbye discussion forum and hello new social media.

    • kescusay@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I can’t think of a single good reason for anyone to actually want that. Reddit isn’t a site for content creation, it’s an aggregator. It works for YouTube because, well, it’s YouTube. It’s practically synonymous with content creation. But exactly zero people are on Reddit for that.

      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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        2 years ago

        Also its a forum and its appeal is asking questions to real people. Paying users will destroy that appeal.

        • Holyginz@lemmy.world
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          The company doesn’t care. They don’t actually understand what reddit is/was and have decided they want it to be something else that they can squeeze money out of. Whatever they end up with is going to be bland and nothing like what it was before. Doubt it will get them what they want in the end.