▲ 1572 ▼ Reddit Falls Short of Ad Growth Targets Ahead of Likely 2024 IPO (www.theinformation.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 378 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hoot@lemmy.ca 221 points 2 years ago (12 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago (11 children) It's kinda funny on Reddit, you would have had to pay for your picture comment. I'm happy to donate to lemmy, but putting features like this behind paywalls is silly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 82 points 2 years ago (6 children) You have to pay to post pics? When did that happen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (2 children) It was recent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm going to have to trust you because I'm not going back there to check. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago being able to post inline images was a reddit premium feature in the official app only, iirc. you could still link images to text like we had always done in ye olden days and use an inline image opener to get the same results.... but grifters gonna grift. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Pics or it didn’t happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) souce? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago Did you ask the wrong person? I was asking as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I will say, though, anything that disincentives people to spam useless images and gifs in the comments, kind of like the next comment down, has its merits. If there's one thing I miss about Reddit, it's that there was a lot less of this Discord-esc image spam over there than there is over here permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I agree that it's bad to put the feature behind a paywall, but I also just wish it wasn't a feature in the first place. Meme picture comments are attention grabbing and take up a lot of space. They can end up dominating the thread; making people just kind of skim over the text comments and just look at the highly prominent pictures, as though they are a kind of super-comment. So even though sometimes the images are great and funny / interesting / clever or whatever - I think it can degrade the conversation on the platform. I'm at least thankful that not many people are using them on lemmy; currently. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Dear fucking god, THAT explains why I couldn't do that. Its always the same with online services/platforms looking to make money. Offer a free or cheap online service/platform, then advertisements, then more advertisements, then start removing features and hiding them behind paywalls, then more advertisements, then death. Or, like Facebook and Insta, you get so big that the world itself warps around your platform because no one can remember the before times. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Sounds very familiar. I think I’ve heard pretty much the same thing before when discussing paying for streaming services as opposed to sailing the high seas. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago (11 children) It's kinda funny on Reddit, you would have had to pay for your picture comment. I'm happy to donate to lemmy, but putting features like this behind paywalls is silly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 82 points 2 years ago (6 children) You have to pay to post pics? When did that happen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (2 children) It was recent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm going to have to trust you because I'm not going back there to check. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago being able to post inline images was a reddit premium feature in the official app only, iirc. you could still link images to text like we had always done in ye olden days and use an inline image opener to get the same results.... but grifters gonna grift. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Pics or it didn’t happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) souce? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago Did you ask the wrong person? I was asking as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I will say, though, anything that disincentives people to spam useless images and gifs in the comments, kind of like the next comment down, has its merits. If there's one thing I miss about Reddit, it's that there was a lot less of this Discord-esc image spam over there than there is over here permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I agree that it's bad to put the feature behind a paywall, but I also just wish it wasn't a feature in the first place. Meme picture comments are attention grabbing and take up a lot of space. They can end up dominating the thread; making people just kind of skim over the text comments and just look at the highly prominent pictures, as though they are a kind of super-comment. So even though sometimes the images are great and funny / interesting / clever or whatever - I think it can degrade the conversation on the platform. I'm at least thankful that not many people are using them on lemmy; currently. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Dear fucking god, THAT explains why I couldn't do that. Its always the same with online services/platforms looking to make money. Offer a free or cheap online service/platform, then advertisements, then more advertisements, then start removing features and hiding them behind paywalls, then more advertisements, then death. Or, like Facebook and Insta, you get so big that the world itself warps around your platform because no one can remember the before times. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Sounds very familiar. I think I’ve heard pretty much the same thing before when discussing paying for streaming services as opposed to sailing the high seas. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 82 points 2 years ago (6 children) You have to pay to post pics? When did that happen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (2 children) It was recent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm going to have to trust you because I'm not going back there to check. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago being able to post inline images was a reddit premium feature in the official app only, iirc. you could still link images to text like we had always done in ye olden days and use an inline image opener to get the same results.... but grifters gonna grift. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Pics or it didn’t happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) souce? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago Did you ask the wrong person? I was asking as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (2 children) It was recent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm going to have to trust you because I'm not going back there to check. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago being able to post inline images was a reddit premium feature in the official app only, iirc. you could still link images to text like we had always done in ye olden days and use an inline image opener to get the same results.... but grifters gonna grift. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm going to have to trust you because I'm not going back there to check. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago being able to post inline images was a reddit premium feature in the official app only, iirc. you could still link images to text like we had always done in ye olden days and use an inline image opener to get the same results.... but grifters gonna grift. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago being able to post inline images was a reddit premium feature in the official app only, iirc. you could still link images to text like we had always done in ye olden days and use an inline image opener to get the same results.... but grifters gonna grift. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Pics or it didn’t happen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) souce? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago Did you ask the wrong person? I was asking as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago Did you ask the wrong person? I was asking as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I will say, though, anything that disincentives people to spam useless images and gifs in the comments, kind of like the next comment down, has its merits. If there's one thing I miss about Reddit, it's that there was a lot less of this Discord-esc image spam over there than there is over here permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I agree that it's bad to put the feature behind a paywall, but I also just wish it wasn't a feature in the first place. Meme picture comments are attention grabbing and take up a lot of space. They can end up dominating the thread; making people just kind of skim over the text comments and just look at the highly prominent pictures, as though they are a kind of super-comment. So even though sometimes the images are great and funny / interesting / clever or whatever - I think it can degrade the conversation on the platform. I'm at least thankful that not many people are using them on lemmy; currently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I agree that it's bad to put the feature behind a paywall, but I also just wish it wasn't a feature in the first place. Meme picture comments are attention grabbing and take up a lot of space. They can end up dominating the thread; making people just kind of skim over the text comments and just look at the highly prominent pictures, as though they are a kind of super-comment. So even though sometimes the images are great and funny / interesting / clever or whatever - I think it can degrade the conversation on the platform. I'm at least thankful that not many people are using them on lemmy; currently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Dear fucking god, THAT explains why I couldn't do that. Its always the same with online services/platforms looking to make money. Offer a free or cheap online service/platform, then advertisements, then more advertisements, then start removing features and hiding them behind paywalls, then more advertisements, then death. Or, like Facebook and Insta, you get so big that the world itself warps around your platform because no one can remember the before times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Sounds very familiar. I think I’ve heard pretty much the same thing before when discussing paying for streaming services as opposed to sailing the high seas. permalink fedilink source parent
