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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 407 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Welcome to Lemmy former redditors

[–] DNS@discuss.online 119 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The revolution will be televised; behind a paywall.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 51 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The revolution will have a subscription.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 54 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thanks. I just switched - apparently just in time!

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Well I think we're gonna see another influx

[–] major_jellyfish@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 days ago

Can confirm. That's why im here. Figured I'd just jump earlier with the whole avoiding US companies vibe too.

[–] Dogsoftulkas@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yep, hi, here am I. Usually I think news like these are fearmongering for clickbait, like those old "Facebook is going to be paiiidd!" (As if "being free" wasn't at the very core of its appeal and selling point) but reading the room this day and age I don't think I'd be that surprise if a change like that did happen to Reddit. The only good think about this shitstorm of an age is that it made me find the fediverse and I will never forgive myself for not caring enough to find it earlier.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

a few days ago i saw how r/redditalternatives has only "lemmy bad!" posts and i know for a fact folks here have been spreading the word about lemmy in a positive way so don't blame yourself, reddit has been actively censoring any good thing said about lemmy or the fediverse in general

i looked marginally deeper into this and it's apparently all the way to shadow bans :) link

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

seems like its posted around the same time reddit started banning people in large numbers.

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[–] psoul@lemmy.world 49 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hope all the lemmy instances are ready for a surge of users. Let's encourage redditors to join Lemmy and learn the kinks and quirks by trial and error. Let's be kind to the newcomers.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

This is the mindset to have when new people discover anything you enjoy. Great way to put it.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 228 points 6 days ago (13 children)

Some subreddits, like r/Watchexchange, where Redditors “buy, sell or trade watches,” according to the subreddit’s description, are centered on transactions. Huffman said the fact that users are already “transacting on Reddit kind of opens the door” for such monetization.

"Hey! How dare you exchange things with each other without giving us a cut!"

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 98 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Whole lot of “Reddit, what are you going to do about the scammers now that we’re paying you?” posts are coming. The answer is nothing. They’ll do nothing.

Actually, they’ll write their lack of culpability more explicitly into the ToS, and then do nothing.

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[–] SilentKettle@lemmy.wtf 17 points 4 days ago

Seems like a bad time to be introducing such a thing in the immediate future when European users are already seeking out alternatives to US tech giants and US users are losing their jobs and facing rising grocery prices.

[–] houseofleaves@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago (10 children)

As soon as I read that I thought I'd make an account here.

[–] Acid_Burn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 5 days ago

Welcome! It's weird here, but it's great.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 35 points 5 days ago (6 children)

service that owes its popularity largely to its low barrier to entry signals higher barriers to entry

cool! please do.

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 123 points 6 days ago (18 children)

Yes let's put a site that consists pretty much entirely of user-created content behind a paywall, what could possibly go wrong?

[–] ef9357@lemmy.world 60 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Well, Spez is a special kind of stupid.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 131 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 95 points 5 days ago (4 children)
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[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 89 points 5 days ago (4 children)

It'll be the porn they charge for.

They know only wankers will give them money.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 48 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What’s funny about that is Reddit is mostly just an advertising front for onlyfans at this point

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[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Each time I visit a reddit link and see the word "Deleted" in OPs post, my heart fills with joy.

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[–] singletona@lemmy.world 92 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Guys, Gals, my non-binary pals.

I hope you understand the assignment.

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[–] StormMission907@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Recent recruit from Reddit. Finally made the jump. Love the apps like Boost, Thunder and Voyager.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 73 points 6 days ago (12 children)

Well, that’s the death of the free* forum. Went from BBS to newsgroups to phpBB to Reddit, each soft-killing its predecessor. But like WalMart killing Main Street, Reddit is going to kill the free forum.

Thank goodness for Lemmy and other free* social network software.

*free with the asterisk because we know it’s not free, we are enjoying the service that others volunteer to pay for.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 55 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Next wave of reddit exodus coming soon...

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Let me guess. These will be the AI-content subreddits, right?

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[–] eli@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

Time to move on over here I guess.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 18 points 5 days ago

Just jumped the ship at the right time. The API wars were just a preview...

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait REQUIRING?

so if a sub gets popular enough they can just say "pay wall."

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

i think they will have a youtube/patreon type thing going on, free content on youtube, while thier patreon gets"exclusive content"

[–] Xero@infosec.pub 7 points 4 days ago

No one said he was a rocket surgeon.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

To be honest, this is actually a genius move when it comes to NSFW content.

Almost every pornographic sub has already been astroturfed by e-girls plugging their OnlyFans and Fansly links. Giving them the ability to paywall their content directly on Reddit effectively cuts out the middle-man and allows Reddit to undercut the likes of OF and Fansly with lower transaction fees.

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago

fun fact: you dont have to use websites

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Imagine paying actual money for shitty memes and mean comments.

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[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Watch them fuck up the implementation and suffer the worst PR disaster in recent history when they slap a paywall on r/suicidewatch.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 51 points 6 days ago

Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform.

Oh how exciting!

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 50 points 6 days ago

It's not even worth using for free

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Lemmy admins, hold onto your butts

[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 38 points 6 days ago
[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)
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