Do you think reddit will try charging users for membership if their bullshit doesn't work out?

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I watched a video where the channel owner theorized that social media sites, especially these huge, ad-driven ones, will start charging for membership to gain more profit. We've already seen the tip of it with the bullshit purchases of verification on IG, Twitter, and Facebook. What do you think?

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[–]NastyWetSmear 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Will a dying company on the internet attempt to charge me money in order to forbid me from saying things?... Well...

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I mean, it seems like multiple companies who are slowly on their way out are trying it so...

[–]NastyWetSmear 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm too familiar with them to mourn them.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Me either lol

[–]0_0 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think that would happen. Except for a few cases, reddit is more about the content rather than the user posting. There are not celebrities or influencers like in twitter or instagram.

[–]passionflounder 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Any volunteers to hold the sword while Reddit falls on it?

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Membership and verification are two very different things. Reddit already sells a version of verificarion via it's tokens that can be handed out to comments you want to promote. They give you a badge for "donating".

No company is leaving any money on the table for no reason, so failing is not going to chamge anything. Reddit is a propaganda platform that uses the illusion of having popular vote driven content and comments as a tool to manipulate the users. They will never sell top spots because if they allow anyone to make commments prominent they lose control of the narrative. They already promote the comments and content they want to push so only really srupid people would pay to have their approved comments promoted, and having that ability would only make all the content suspect.

It also is exactly how thier advertising works. The adds are designed to look like regular content.

[–]Gaslov 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The user is the product. They will not be charging the user.

[–]JugglerCameron 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'd prefer that and be willing to pay to keep Reddit is Fun.

But honestly I don't know if I would now... Hard to say.. I'd need some heavy back peddling and time to cool off.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Depending on the price, I might be willing to pay for RIF as well. But if RIF was the only thing that made the site worth it, how much value can it really add to my life? That's my dilemma.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They want to secure funding for future dark projects. They’re breaking away from user immaturity and seek something worse. Don’t mind axing everything beforehand.