Desperate or just business as normal?
US Redditors to Earn Real Money for Gold, Karma: Reddit App Hints at Rewarding Contributor Program
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/293698/20230712/redditors-earn-real-money-gold-karma-reddit-app-hints-rewarding.htm
The Reddit app is potentially introducing a Contributor program, allowing users to earn real money for their contributions, creating a self-sustaining ecosystem within the community.
Make content, get paid.
Pay moderators and app developers that help make communities thrive? Hell no. Pay people to contribute content? Yes! That’s the way! Force the community with money. Yes!
so broke they have to kill api-use yet rich enough to throw money at a problem they created
No, it was always a fuckwits chasing money issue.
How far back does Reddit’s legacy of failed monetisation attempts go?
And because we all know the kind of content on Reddit is worth paying money for. You know, stolen memes from Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, etc, etc, etc......