HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoReddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment programarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1372cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldprivacyguides
arrow-up1372external-linkReddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment programarstechnica.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldprivacyguides
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111·edit-21 year agoCertainly incentivising users to create the most attention-grabby content for money won’t possibly lead to a lowest-common-denominator-fueled breakdown of what historically made the platform useful. Nahhh. No way.
minus-squareSon_of_dad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoIt does make me want to jump back in to do it though. I don’t care if I become the next hated internet moron, they make bank
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoYeah I wouldn’t count on Reddit to run this in a competent way that will actually make anyone a decent amount of money.
minus-squareHaui@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThe reason the stick is so long is so you can’t actually get to the carrot. You just need to think you can.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoImagine thinking you’re going to muscle in on the turf of people like Gallowboob. You won’t be making shit, brother, not without an insane amount of luck.
minus-squareLogarithmicCamel@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI am upvoting you for being an honest money-grubber.
Certainly incentivising users to create the most attention-grabby content for money won’t possibly lead to a lowest-common-denominator-fueled breakdown of what historically made the platform useful. Nahhh. No way.
It does make me want to jump back in to do it though. I don’t care if I become the next hated internet moron, they make bank
Yeah I wouldn’t count on Reddit to run this in a competent way that will actually make anyone a decent amount of money.
The reason the stick is so long is so you can’t actually get to the carrot. You just need to think you can.
Imagine thinking you’re going to muscle in on the turf of people like Gallowboob.
You won’t be making shit, brother, not without an insane amount of luck.
I am upvoting you for being an honest money-grubber.