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Comment by bena | Hacker News Reader

Is reddit going to pay users? Or are they just going to collect the content generate by its users and then turn around and charge people to access it?

I think we all know that it's more column B than column A.

And while I'm not entirely comfortable with LLMs consuming all of that content without reimbursing the creators of that content. I don't see how Reddit charging for its API is different on any meaningful level.

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> Is reddit going to pay users?

They don't need to as they claim a royalty-free license [0] over all content posted to reddit (Section 5).

[0] https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement

Then maybe users should poison the content they post to make their data worthless unless Reddit decides to compensate its users who provide valuable info instead of updoots.

I can consume HN content, turn around and use it to derive value. That value spills onto others in various forms or maybe I keep all the value for myself (can't think of how I would horde value without sharing because I would need to offer something to others to receive value myself).

Nonetheless, markets don't operate efficiently when people horde shit.

Reddit already exploits unpaid moderators to create and manage its communities, so I don't imagine that Reddit is in a hurry to compensate users for selling their data to Big AI.

Content platforms are inevitably reduced in value by monetization

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