Paying their users for content is actually a good thing on paper. In fact, it counteracts the largest argument over API charges that I had: That they were gonna make more than per MDAU via ads, but have the audacity to keep all of it, while not even giving the users that provide it nary a crumb.
The problem with this is: What is a fair price for user generated content? What is a fair redistribution based on DAUs and activity? Is there even a fair model? How could you guarantee it when there will be cabals to provide content at a certain level, as was seen when blogrings tried it in the late 2000s?
Unfortunately, there's no easy answer, because reddit will always give the least amount they can endure, especially as they are not profitable. And when they are, they will bargain down because they need cheap UGC to function. Such a system is probably going to be unfair by philosophy and design.
Historically, labor union participation has been an incredible motivator for policy changes, and Biden's maneuver was to detooth labor unions. I'm not saying I will stay home, but I was furious with his interference and I fear he'll do it again with the SAG-AFTRA or UPS labor actions, which would tilt me full into staying home, accepting the accelerationist "let it burn" approach, and probably moving to the UK or Canada (I am also a Commonwealth citizen).
The Dems need to stop being the diet center-right. This is all very frustrating and my time on this earth and my patience is running thin.
Biden's interference with the railworkers strike are making "stay at home" a really viable option for me. We'll see how this shakes out, but i'm not happy with anyone in office outside of Warren and AOC.
It would seem that given how old politicians are in the US, the disconnect is that much more apparent than in other countries with a younger age average of those in office.
What frightens me is that he is still very capable of becoming President.