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I'm sure this will end very well and people will make quality content and totally not botfarm and karmawhore everywhere.
They already botfarm and karmawhore everywhere. This is just going to amplify that problem.
I imagine corporations will see gold as a way of promoting their advertising in a cheap way. What a terrible concept for a platform that was struggling anyway.
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Profit
Since now that there is a straight up monetary profit motive, would stealing someone else's original content actually make the thief open to a civil suit? Does that mean you could subpoena Reddit for the thief's contact info?
There’s already a copyright claim regardless of profit. Whether it’s worth the hassle and cost is another matter.
You're assuming that botfarming and karma whoring isn't considered "quality".
I mean, look at this shining beacon of quality: "Reddit, what's the sexiest sex you've ever sexed? [Serious]"