Has there been any indication that reddit may pay creators and moderators, like youtube and meta and other platforms do? or are they just expecting to pocket all the cash?

  • RedMarsRepublic@lemmy.world
    64·
    2 years ago

    In what universe is paying people for something they are willing to do for a free a sustainable business model?

      • RedMarsRepublic@lemmy.world
        43·
        2 years ago

        Youtube has advertisers on individual videos which requires more moderation than endless text posts.

        Or to put it another way; video advertisers ask for a lot more than just crappy spam reddit post ads.

        • Tangent@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 years ago

          That’s probably why YouTube has such a hair trigger on demonetizing, removing, and copyright striking videos.

          • RedMarsRepublic@lemmy.world
            31·
            2 years ago

            Yes, and also video/audio content is much more ripe for copyright claims than image/text content, since it’s all owned by giant corporations. For example the music version of all the art bots now was only trained on royalty free/copyright free music… I wonder why.