I’m not sure if this is new, but when I clicked on the /r/pics protest post link from the frontpage here, I was redirected to this: https://old.reddit.com/premium

I’m not sure if this is well-known or not that they’re pushing it now, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it, especially on old.reddit.

  • Ben@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Haha. This is where the Fediverse can take over if people don’t take the piss.

    Some years ago, my favourite tracker (The Box) went kaput - and I’ve known many others go down due to various issues - one of which is usually financial strains.

    So people can donate - for someone earning 300 a week, it’d be trivial to throw 30 in the pot just one time in a year…

    So sure, To be valued by Reddit, you must pay $50 per year - and if you don’t, then you’re not a customer, you’re a commodity. Creators do so because they feel compelled to create and share, Mods do so because they have a personal need to contribute whether they get paid or not.

    So the ONLY answer is to say ‘Sure, we’ll carry on - but it’s clear we aren’t valued by Reddit - so we’ll do it outside’.

    • jennwiththesea@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Mods don’t contribute financially to Reddit, or at least they don’t have to. (I’d be less likely to trust a mod who did, actually, but that’s me.) Mods are used and abused by Reddit. They provide value/work for which they are not compensated.