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So...this is for porn.
Only fans, but on Reddit.
I suspect it will work out sickeningly well for them.
Proof of concept for allowing super users to have a patreon model maybe?
Though I can't remember the last time there were site wide famous users. Last I remember is that bird lady.
If this is their endgame the bot problem would get even worse as the value proposition improves for abusers
Only if those subreddits have something where the user... creating that gets a portion of every subscription payment.
Not only that, reddit won't be able to take more that 15% in order to be competitive with onlyfans. And also, the subs will have to be exclusive to one creator otherwise how would you spread payments
Only if it's a competitive model, only fans takes 15%, not sure about patreon, fansly, and other platforms. So reddit will need to take no more than 15% for creators to want to participate. And if you monetize a sub with multiple users, how will you spread the money? And how are you making sure reddit is paying out the fair share? So pay wall subs won't really work unless they are exclusive to one creator.
OK, so you've laid out they're likely to do.
But... How? What's stopping people from cross posting ? Creating new subreddits that mirror closed ones?
I mean that's a lot of effort for very little reward...
All the big companies trying to clear out the porn to make it monetisable, only for porn to be the answer all along...